Schenkeldijk

Dutch

Etymology

• (Hoeksche Waard, near Strijen) Attested as De Schinkel in 1645. Derived from schenkeldijk (“levee connecting two other levees”).
• (Hoeksche Waard, near Zuid-Beijerland) Derived from schenkeldijk (“levee connecting two other levees”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Schen‧kel‧dijk

Proper noun

Schenkeldijk n

1. A hamlet in Hoeksche Waard, South Holland, Netherlands
2. A hamlet in Hoeksche Waard, South Holland, Netherlands

References

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