Heijplaat

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Heiplaat (Tuindorp) in 1936. Compound of hei (“heath, heathland”) and plaat (“sand bar visible at low tide”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Heij‧plaat

Proper noun

Heijplaat n

  1. a neighbourhood of Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

  • Heijplater

References

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