Wijdenes

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • Venès (West Frisian)

Etymology

First attested as widenesse around 1312. Compound of Middle Dutch wide (“wide”) and nesse (“headland, spit”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Wij‧de‧nes

Proper noun

Wijdenes n

  1. a village and former municipality of Drechterland, North Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

  • Wijdenesser

References

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