Noordwijk

Dutch

Alternative forms
  • (Zuid-Holland) Noortik (dialect form), Noortich (dialect form)

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.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnoːrt.ʋɛi̯k/
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  • Hyphenation: Noord‧wijk

Proper noun

Noordwijk n

  1. A municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.
    Meronyms: De Klei, De Zilk, Langeveld, Noordwijk aan Zee, Noordwijk-Binnen, Noordwijkerhout, Ruigenhoek
  2. A village in Westerkwartier, Groningen, Netherlands.
  3. A hamlet in De Wolden, Drenthe, Netherlands.

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