Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as henrick iden ambocht in 1340. Compound of the name of Hendrik Ye Wittenzoon and Middle Dutch ambacht (“type of fiefdom”). Wittenzoon was the scion of a banking family which financed the land reclamation projects the current village stands on; he received the fiefdom in 1376.

Pronunciation

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Hyphenation: Hen‧drik-‧Ido-‧Am‧bacht

Proper noun

Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht n

A town and municipality of Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms

Ambachter
Ambachts

References

van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “hendrik-ido-ambacht”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN