Broek op Langedijk

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as broec in the 12th century. Derived from Middle Dutch bruec (“marsh, marshland”) and the name of a levee (a compound of lang (“long”) and dijk (“levee”)).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Broek op Lan‧ge‧dijk

Proper noun

Broek op Langedijk n

1. A village and former municipality of Dijk en Waard, North Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Broekhorn

References

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