Meerwijck

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Meerwijk in 1781. Compound of meer (“lake, pool”) and wijk (“settlement”). Named after a country house. Doublet of Meerwijk. See also Dutch Low Saxon Meerwiek.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmeːr.ʋɛi̯k/
  • Hyphenation: Meer‧wijck
  • Homophone: Meerwijk

Proper noun

Meerwijck n

  1. a neighbourhood of Midden-Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

References

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