Het Oostrik
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as Oesterick around 1602. Derived from a contracted compound of ooster (“eastern, east-”) and wijk (“village, settlement”). Originally the name of a farm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɦɛt ˈoːs.trɪk/
- Hyphenation: Het Oos‧trik
Proper noun
Het Oostrik n
- A neighbourhood of Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “het oostrik”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN