Hemdijk
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as op hendijck [read: hemdijck] in 1452. Compound of either West Frisian hem (“inland polder”) or ham (“alluvial land in the bend of a river”) and dijk (“levee”).
See also West Frisian Himdyk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɦɛm.dɛi̯k/
- Hyphenation: Hem‧dijk
Proper noun
Hemdijk n
- A neighbourhood of Súdwest-Fryslân, Friesland, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “hemdijk”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN