Ooij

Dutch

Etymology

All toponyms derived from the Middle Dutch ooy, ouwe (“floodplain, land next to a river”), from Old Dutch ōi, *owe, from Proto-West Germanic *auwju, from Proto-Germanic *awjō; compare ooibos, landouw and Betuwe.

• (Berg en Dal) Potentially attested as de oia in 1076-1081, attested with certainty as de oge in 1081.
• (Neder-Betuwe) First attested as Oyen in 1520.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oːi̯/
• Hyphenation: Ooij
• Rhymes: -oːi̯
• Homophones: ooi, Ooy

Proper noun

Ooij n

1. A village in Berg en Dal, Gelderland, Netherlands.

   Synonym: Fustendom (Carnival nickname)

2. A hamlet in Neder-Betuwe, Gelderland, Netherlands.
3. A neighbourhood of Tiel, Gelderland, Netherlands.

Derived terms

• Ooijenaar
• Ooijs
• Ooyse Schependom
• Ooij en Persingen

References

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