Vreewijk

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Dutch

Etymology

  • (Utrecht) Attested as Vreewijk in 1920. Compound of vrede (peace) and wijk (neighbourhood, quarter). The neighbourhood was named to mark two years of peace after the end of the First World War.
  • (Leiden) Attested as Spawijk in 1761. Compound of vrede (peace) and wijk (neighbourhood, quarter). Named after a former estate which was rechristened Vreewijk around 1850.
  • (Rotterdam) Compound of vrede (peace) and wijk (neighbourhood, quarter).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Vree‧wijk

Proper noun

Vreewijk n

  1. A neighbourhood of Rhenen, Utrecht, Netherlands
  2. A neighbourhood of Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands
  3. A neighbourhood of Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

References

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