Wadway

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as waddeweye in 1256. Compound of Middle Dutch wadde (“ford, shallow area”) and Old Frisian wei (“way, road”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Wad‧way

Proper noun

Wadway n

  1. a village in Opmeer, North Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

  • Wadwayer

References

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