Marsdijk
Dutch
Etymology
Attested as Marsdijk in 1898. Compound of a variant of meers (“land next to water, pasture”) and dijk (“levee, elevated road”). Named after a nearby road.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑrs.dɛi̯k/
- Hyphenation: Mars‧dijk
Proper noun
Marsdijk n
- A neighbourhood of Assen, Drenthe, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “marsdijk”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN