Rijsoord
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as rysoort in 1340. Compound of Middle Dutch rijs (“young branch, brushwood”) and ort (“place jutting out into or located next to water”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Rijs‧oord
Proper noun
Rijsoord n
- A village and former municipality of Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
Derived terms
- Rijsoordenaar
- Rijsoords
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “rijsoord”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN