Brandwijk

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • Braank (dialect form)

Etymology

First attested as brandwyc in 1320. Compound of Middle Dutch brand (“fuel, turf”) and wyc (“farmstead, village, settlement”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Brand‧wijk

Proper noun

Brandwijk n

  1. a village and former municipality of Molenlanden, South Holland, Netherlands

References

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