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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as apud renum catwijch in 1224. Derived from the toponym Katwijk, aan (“on”) and the hydronym Rijn. Katwijk is a compound of the difficult to interpret element Middle Dutch kat (“cat, mud, ridge, lesser, low-quality”) and wyc (“village, settlement”). aan den Rijn was added to distinguish the settlement from Katwijk aan Zee.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Kat‧wijk aan den Rijn
Proper noun
Katwijk aan den Rijn n
- A village in Katwijk, South Holland, Netherlands
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “katwijk aan den rijn”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN