Bleiswijk

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as blesewic in 1242. Compound of Middle Dutch Blese (a personal name) and wyc (“farmstead, village, settlement”).

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: Bleis‧wijk

Proper noun

Bleiswijk n

1. A village and former municipality of Lansingerland, South Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Bleiswijker
• Bleiswijks

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “bleiswijk”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN