Dijken
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as In de Dijcken in 1505. Borrowed from West Frisian Diken, derived from the plural form of dyk (“levee”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɛi̯.kə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Dij‧ken
- Rhymes: -ɛi̯kən
- Homophone: dijken
Proper noun
Dijken n
- A village in De Fryske Marren, Friesland, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN