Hazerswoude-Rijndijk
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as hadewartswoude and hadewertswoude in 1280-1287. Compound of Middle Dutch Hadewart (“a personal name”) and wout (“marsh forest, swamp forest”). The compound element Rijndijk (derived from the hydronym Rijn and dijk (“levee”)) was added at a later date to distinguish the settlement from Hazerswoude-Dorp.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Ha‧zers‧wou‧de-‧Rijn‧dijk
Proper noun
Hazerswoude-Rijndijk n
- A village in Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “hazerswoude-rijndijk”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN