Noordwijk

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Noordwijk.

Proper noun

Noordwijk

  1. A municipality in South Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • (Zuid-Holland) Noortik (dialect form), Noortich (dialect form)
  • (England) Noorwitz, Noortwitz

Etymology

  • (Zuid-Holland) Named after Noordwijk aan Zee and Noordwijk-Binnen.
  • (Groningen) First attested as noertwijk and noortwijk in 1385. Compound of noord (“north-, northern”) and wijk (“farmstead, village, settlement”). See also Dutch Low Saxon Noordwiek.
  • (Drenthe) First attested as Noordwijk in 1851-1855. Compound of noord (“north-, northern”) and the toponym de Wijk.
  • (England) Calque of English Norwich.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnoːrt.ʋɛi̯k/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Noord‧wijk

Proper noun

Noordwijk n

  1. a municipality of South Holland, Netherlands
    Meronyms: De Klei, De Zilk, Langeveld, Noordwijk aan Zee, Noordwijk-Binnen, Noordwijkerhout, Ruigenhoek
  2. a village in Westerkwartier, Groningen, Netherlands
  3. a hamlet in De Wolden, Drenthe, Netherlands
  4. (historical) a neighbourhood of Jakarta, Indonesia
  5. (obsolete) Norwich, a city in the east of England
  6. a surname

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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