Feijenoord

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Fyen Noort in 1624. Compound of Feije (a personal name) and oord (“land protruding into or bordering water”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Feij‧en‧oord

Proper noun

Feijenoord n

1. A neighbourhood of Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Feijenoorder
• Feijenoords

References

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