Nieuwendijk
Dutch
Etymology
- (Noord-Brabant) Compound of nieuw (“new”) and dijk (“levee”). So named to distinguish the settlement from Oudendijk.
- (Zuid-Holland) First attested as nyewendijck in 1468. Compound of nieuw (“new”) and dijk (“levee”). So named to distinguish the settlement from Oudendijk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈniu̯.ə(n)ˌdɛi̯k/
- Hyphenation: Nieuw‧en‧dijk
Proper noun
Nieuwendijk n
- A village in Altena, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
- A hamlet in Hoeksche Waard, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
Derived terms
- Nieuwendijker
- Nieuwendijks
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “nieuwendijk”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN