Tarwewijk

Dutch

Etymology

Compound of tarwe (“wheat, Triticum sp.”) and wijk (“neighbourhood, quarter”). The neighbourhood formerly housed a number of cereal warehouses and processing facilities.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Tar‧we‧wijk

Proper noun

Tarwewijk n

1. A neighbourhood of Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

References

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