Sloterdijk
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as sloterdam in 1395-1396. Compound of the toponym Sloten and Middle Dutch dyk (“levee”). The second element was originally dam (“dam”). Formerly an independent village.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Slo‧ter‧dijk
Proper noun
Sloterdijk n
- A neighbourhood of Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “sloterdijk”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN