Katwijk aan den Rijn

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as apud renum catwijch in 1224. Derived from the toponym Katwijk, aan (“on”) and the hydronym Rijn. Katwijk is a compound of the difficult to interpret element Middle Dutch kat (“cat, mud, ridge, lesser, low-quality”) and wyc (“village, settlement”). aan den Rijn was added to distinguish the settlement from Katwijk aan Zee.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Kat‧wijk aan den Rijn

Proper noun

Katwijk aan den Rijn n

  1. a village in Katwijk, South Holland, Netherlands

References

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