Katwijk

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Katwijk.

Proper noun

Katwijk

1. A municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.
2. A village in Land van Cuijk, North Brabant, Netherlands.

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Katwiek (Noord-Brabant, dialect form)
• Kattik (Zuid-Holland, dialect form)

Etymology

• (Zuid-Holland) Named after Katwijk aan den Rijn and Katwijk aan Zee.
• (Noord-Brabant) First attested as Catwyck in 1530. Derived from the difficult to interpret toponymic element kat (“cat, ridge, mud, lesser”) and wijk (“village, settlement”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑt.ʋɛi̯k/

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• Hyphenation: Kat‧wijk

Proper noun

Katwijk n

1. A municipality of South Holland, Netherlands

   Meronyms: De Pan, Katwijk aan den Rijn, Katwijk aan Zee, Rijnsburg, Valkenburg

2. A village in Land van Cuijk, North Brabant, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Katwijker
• Katwijks

References

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