Katwijk aan den Rijn

Katwijk aan den Rijn

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as apud renum catwijch in 1224. Derived from the toponym Katwijk, aan (“on”) and the hydronym Rijn. Katwijk is a compound of the difficult to interpret element Middle Dutch kat (“cat, mud, ridge, lesser, low-quality”) and wyc (“village, settlement”). aan den Rijn was added to distinguish the settlement from Katwijk aan Zee.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Kat‧wijk aan den Rijn

Proper noun

Katwijk aan den Rijn n

1. A village in Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

References

• van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “katwijk aan den rijn”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN