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Spijkenisse
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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as spiiknesse in 1235. Tautological compound of nl dum spic headland, spit and dum nisse headland, spit. Compare nl Staverden, nl Stavenisse, nl Stavoren and de Stavern.
Pronunciation
nl /ˌspɛi̯.kəˈnɪ.sə/
nl Nl-Spijkenisse.ogg
nl Spij ke nis se
nl ɪsə
Proper noun
n
nl town/and/former municipality mun/Nissewaard p/South Holland c/Netherlands
Derived terms
nl Spijkenissenaar
nl Spijkenisses
References
spijkenisse