Oisterwijk
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Dutch Oisterwijk.
Proper noun
[edit]Oisterwijk
- A village and municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands.
Dutch
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Ósterik (dialect form)
Etymology
[edit]Potentially attested as hosteruuic before 1167, attested with certainty as oesterwijc in 1214. Compound of ooster (“eastern, east-”) and wijk (“farmstead, village, settlement”). So named to distinguish the settlement from Westerwijk.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈoːs.tərˌʋɛik/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Ois‧ter‧wijk
- Homophone: Oosterwijk
Proper noun
[edit]Oisterwijk n
- A village and municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands
- Synonym: Döllekesgat (Carnival nickname)
- Meronyms: Belvert, Broekzijde, De Logt, Gever, Haaren, Heesakker, Heikant, Heiligeboom, Heukelom, Heuvelstraat, Hild, Kerkeind, Laag-Heukelom, Moergestel, Noenes, Oisterwijkse Hoeven, Raam, Stokske, Vinkenberg, Zelt
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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- en:Villages in North Brabant, Netherlands
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- en:Municipalities of North Brabant, Netherlands
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- en:Places in North Brabant, Netherlands
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- nl:Villages in North Brabant, Netherlands
- nl:Villages in the Netherlands
- nl:Municipalities of North Brabant, Netherlands
- nl:Municipalities of the Netherlands
- nl:Places in North Brabant, Netherlands
- nl:Places in the Netherlands