De Leijen

Dutch

Etymology

• (Noord-Holland) First attested as Leyerthienden van Oudenyerop in 1593. Derived from the plural form of dialectal lei (“wet peat bog, swampy flooded land”).
• (Overijssel) Attested as Leijen in 1846. Derived from the plural form of dialectal leije (“cultivated land between two drainage canals”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /də ˈlɛi̯.ə(n)/
• Hyphenation: De Leij‧en
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯ən

Proper noun

De Leijen n

1. A hamlet in Hollands Kroon, North Holland, Netherlands
2. A hamlet in Staphorst, Overijssel, Netherlands

References

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