Volewijck

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as voelwijc in 1308. Compound of Middle Dutch voel (“foal”) and wyc (“farmstead, village, settlement”). Originally the name of a small peninsula.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Vo‧le‧wijck

Proper noun

Volewijck n

1. A neighbourhood of Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Volewijckers
• Volewijcks

References

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