Kleiwegkwartier

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as cleyweg in 1419. Compound of the toponym Kleiweg (derived from klei (“clay”) and weg (“way, road”)) and kwartier (“quarter, neighbourhood”). Named after a nearby road.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: Klei‧weg‧kwar‧tier

Proper noun

Kleiwegkwartier n

A neighbourhood of Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

References

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