Noordwijk aan Zee

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as nordcha in 889. Derived from a compound of Old Dutch north (“north”) and go (“area, inhabited area”). The second element was gradually reinterpreted to Middle Dutch wyc (“village, settlement”). The element aan (“on”) zee (“sea”) was added later to distinguish the settlement from Noordwijk-Binnen.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Noord‧wijk aan Zee

Proper noun

Noordwijk aan Zee n

1. A village in Noordwijk, South Holland, Netherlands

References

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