Van Ewijcksluis

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Ewijk Sluis in 1839-1859. Compound of Van Ewijck (a surname) and sluis (“lock, sluice”). The village is named after Daniël Jacob van Ewijck van Oostbroek van de Bilt, a former King's commissioner of Noord-Holland who was involved in the empolderment of the Anna Paulowna polder.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: Van Ewijck‧sluis

Proper noun

Van Ewijck sluis n

A village in Hollands Kroon, North Holland, Netherlands

References

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