Rijksdorp
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as kijtsdorp [read: rijcsdorp] around 1300. Compound of Middle Dutch Rijk (“a personal name”) or Rik and dorp (“farmstead, village, settlement”). Formerly an independent hamlet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɛi̯ks.dɔrp/
- Hyphenation: Rijks‧dorp
Proper noun
Rijksdorp n
- A neighbourhood of Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “rijksdorp”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN