Ooij

Dutch

Etymology

All toponyms derived from the Middle Dutch ooy, ouwe (“floodplain, land next to a river”), from Old Dutch ōi, *owe, from Proto-West Germanic *auwju, from Proto-Germanic *awjō; compare ooibos, landouw and Betuwe.

  • (Berg en Dal) Potentially attested as de oia in 1076-1081, attested with certainty as de oge in 1081.
  • (Neder-Betuwe) First attested as Oyen in 1520.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oːi̯/
  • Hyphenation: Ooij
  • Rhymes: -oːi̯
  • Homophones: ooi, Ooy

Proper noun

Ooij n

  1. a village in Berg en Dal, Gelderland, Netherlands
    Synonym: Fustendom (Carnival nickname)
  2. a hamlet in Neder-Betuwe, Gelderland, Netherlands
  3. a neighbourhood of Tiel, Gelderland, Netherlands

Derived terms

References

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