Katwijk

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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Katwijk.

Proper noun

Katwijk

  1. A municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.
  2. A village in Land van Cuijk, North Brabant, Netherlands.

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • Katwiek (Noord-Brabant, dialect form)
  • Kattik (Zuid-Holland, dialect form)

Etymology

  • (Zuid-Holland) Named after Katwijk aan den Rijn and Katwijk aan Zee.
  • (Noord-Brabant) First attested as Catwyck in 1530. Derived from the difficult to interpret toponymic element kat (“cat, ridge, mud, lesser”) and wijk (“village, settlement”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑt.ʋɛi̯k/
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  • Hyphenation: Kat‧wijk

Proper noun

Katwijk n

  1. A municipality of South Holland, Netherlands
    Meronyms: De Pan, Katwijk aan den Rijn, Katwijk aan Zee, Rijnsburg, Valkenburg
  2. A village in Land van Cuijk, North Brabant, Netherlands

Derived terms

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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