Staddijk

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Stadsdijk in 1859. Compound of stad (“city”) and dijk (“levee”). Originally the name of a road.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈstɑt.dɛi̯k/
  • Hyphenation: Stad‧dijk

Proper noun

Staddijk n

  1. A neighborhood of Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands.

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