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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as broec in the 12th century. Derived from Middle Dutch bruec (“marsh, marshland”) and the name of a levee (a compound of lang (“long”) and dijk (“levee”)).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Broek op Lan‧ge‧dijk
Proper noun
Broek op Langedijk n
- A village and former municipality of Dijk en Waard, North Holland, Netherlands
Derived terms
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “broek op langedijk”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN