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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as Boom of Drogen Dijk in 1856-1857. Compound of a diminutive plural form of boom (“tree”) and droge dijk (“inland levee, levee not touching a body of water”). The first element was originally the name of a field.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈboːm.pjəsˌdɛi̯k/
- Hyphenation: Boom‧pjes‧dijk
Proper noun
Boompjesdijk n
- A hamlet in Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN