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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as spoelwyck in 1360 and 1361. Potentially a compound of Middle Dutch spoel (“rinsing water”) and wyc (“farmstead, village, settlement”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Spoelwijk n
- A hamlet in Alphen aan den Rijn, South Holland, Netherlands
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “spoelwijk”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN