Schoondijke

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as in sconendiic in 1250. Compound of schoon (“clean, free of weeds”) and dijk (“levee”).

See also Zealandic Schwòndieke.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sxoːnˈdɛi̯.kə/
  • Hyphenation: Schoon‧dij‧ke
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯kə

Proper noun

Schoondijke n

  1. A village and former municipality of Sluis, Zeeland, Netherlands.

Derived terms
  • Schoondijker
  • Schoondijks

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