Kromwijk

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as crumwijc around 1317. Compound of Middle Dutch crom (“crooked, bent”) and either wijc (“homestead, village, settlement”) or wijc (“inlet, side channel”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Krom‧wijk

Proper noun

Kromwijk n

1. A hamlet in Woerden, Utrecht, Netherlands

References

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