Noordwijk
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch Noordwijk.
Proper noun
Noordwijk
- A municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.
Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
- (Zuid-Holland) Named after Noordwijk aan Zee and Noordwijk-Binnen.
- (Groningen) First attested as noertwijk and noortwijk in 1385. Compound of noord (“north-, northern”) and wijk (“farmstead, village, settlement”). See also Dutch Low Saxon Noordwiek.
- (Drenthe) First attested as Noordwijk in 1851-1855. Compound of noord (“north-, northern”) and the toponym de Wijk.
- (England) Calque of English Norwich.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Noordwijk n
- A municipality of South Holland, Netherlands
- Meronyms: De Klei, De Zilk, Langeveld, Noordwijk aan Zee, Noordwijk-Binnen, Noordwijkerhout, Ruigenhoek
- A village in Westerkwartier, Groningen, Netherlands
- A hamlet in De Wolden, Drenthe, Netherlands
- (obsolete) Norwich, a city in the east of England
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN