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Dijk

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Dutch

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Etymology

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  • (Limburg) Derived from dijk (levee).
  • (Asten) First attested as Den Dijk in 1899. Derived from dijk (levee).
  • (Meierijstad) First attested as Dijk in 1867. Derived from dijk (levee), here potentially used in a dialectal sense to refer to a raised road.

The surname derives from one of the senses of dijk or from one of several toponyms.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Dijk

  1. A hamlet in Peel en Maas, Limburg, Netherlands
  2. A hamlet in Asten, North Brabant, Netherlands
  3. A hamlet in Meierijstad, North Brabant, Netherlands
  4. a surname

References

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