Wadenoijen
Dutch
Alternative forms
- Wajenooi (dialect form), Wanooi (dialect form)
Etymology
Potentially attested as Vadam around 107, attested with certainty as vuada and uuadahe in 850. Compound of wade (“fordable place, shallows”) and ooi (“land next to a river”). The oldest attestation has also been identified as Tricht.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌʋɑ.dəˈnoːi̯.ə(n)/
- Hyphenation: Wa‧den‧oij‧en
- Rhymes: -oːi̯ən
Proper noun
Wadenoijen n
- A village and former municipality of Tiel, Gelderland, Netherlands.
Derived terms
- Wadenoijer
- Wadenoijens
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN