Schenkeldijk
Dutch
Etymology
- (Hoeksche Waard, near Strijen) Attested as De Schinkel in 1645. Derived from schenkeldijk (“levee connecting two other levees”).
- (Hoeksche Waard, near Zuid-Beijerland) Derived from schenkeldijk (“levee connecting two other levees”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Schen‧kel‧dijk
Proper noun
Schenkeldijk n
- A hamlet in Hoeksche Waard, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- A hamlet in Hoeksche Waard, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “schenkeldijk”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN