Naaldwijk

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • Naluk (dialect form), Nalek (dialect form)

Etymology

First attested as nadelwich in 1156. Compound of Old Dutch *nāthala (“needle, coniferous tree”) and *wic (“farmstead, village, settlement”). By surface analysis, naald +‎ wijk.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Naald‧wijk

Proper noun

Naaldwijk n

  1. a village and former municipality of Westland, South Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

  • Naaldwijker
  • Naaldwijks

References

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