Het Oostrik

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Oesterick around 1602. From a contracted compound of ooster- (“eastern, east-”) +‎ wijk (“village, settlement”). Originally the name of a farm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦɛt ˈoːs.trɪk/
  • Hyphenation: Het Oos‧trik

Proper noun

Het Oostrik n

  1. a neighbourhood of Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands

References

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