Noordwijk aan Zee
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- Hyphenation: Noord‧wijk aan Zee
Proper noun
[edit]- A village in Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
References
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- Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch
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- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
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- Dutch lemmas
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- nl:Villages in South Holland, Netherlands
- nl:Villages in the Netherlands
- nl:Places in South Holland, Netherlands
- nl:Places in the Netherlands