Wadway

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as waddeweye in 1256. Compound of Middle Dutch wadde (“ford, shallow area”) and Old Frisian wei (“way, road”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Wad‧way

Proper noun

Wadway n

1. A village in Opmeer, North Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Wadwayer

References

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