Zaandijk
Dutch
Alternative forms
- Sendaik (dialect form)
Etymology
First attested as zanedijc in 1397. Compound of the hydronym Zaan and Middle Dutch dyk (“levee”). Named after a nearby levee.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Zaan‧dijk
Proper noun
Zaandijk n
- A village and former municipality of Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
Derived terms
- Zaandijker
- Zaandijks
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “zaandijk”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN