Noordwijk

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Noordwijk.

Proper noun

Noordwijk

1. A municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.

Dutch

Alternative forms

• (Zuid-Holland) Noortik (dialect form), Noortich (dialect form)

Etymology

• (Zuid-Holland) Named after Noordwijk aan Zee and Noordwijk-Binnen.
• (Groningen) First attested as noertwijk and noortwijk in 1385. Compound of noord (“north-, northern”) and wijk (“farmstead, village, settlement”). See also Dutch Low Saxon Noordwiek.
• (Drenthe) First attested as Noordwijk in 1851-1855. Compound of noord (“north-, northern”) and the toponym de Wijk.
• (England) Calque of English Norwich.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnoːrt.ʋɛi̯k/

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• Hyphenation: Noord‧wijk

Proper noun

Noordwijk n

1. A municipality of South Holland, Netherlands

   Meronyms: De Klei, De Zilk, Langeveld, Noordwijk aan Zee, Noordwijk-Binnen, Noordwijkerhout, Ruigenhoek

2. A village in Westerkwartier, Groningen, Netherlands
3. A hamlet in De Wolden, Drenthe, Netherlands
4. (obsolete) Norwich, a city in the east of England

References

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