Broek op Langedijk

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as broec in the 12th century. Derived from Middle Dutch bruec (“marsh, marshland”) and the name of a levee (a compound of lang (“long”) and dijk (“levee”)).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Broek op Lan‧ge‧dijk

Proper noun

Broek op Langedijk n

  1. a village and former municipality of Dijk en Waard, North Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

References

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