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Dutch
Etymology
- (Limburg) Derived from dijk (“levee”).
- (Asten) First attested as Den Dijk in 1899. Derived from dijk (“levee”).
- (Meierijstad) First attested as Dijk in 1867. Derived from dijk (“levee”), here potentially used in a dialectal sense to refer to a raised road.
The surname derives from one of the senses of dijk or from one of several toponyms.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Dijk
- A hamlet in Peel en Maas, Limburg, Netherlands
- A hamlet in Asten, North Brabant, Netherlands
- A hamlet in Meierijstad, North Brabant, Netherlands
- a surname
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN