Rijswijk

English Alternative forms en Ryswick chiefly historical Etymology Borrowed from en nl Rijswijk. Proper noun en town/and/municipality p/South Holland c/Netherlands. Dutch Alternative forms nl Rieswiek Gelderland dialect form nl Rijsik Noord-Brabant dialect form Etymology Compound of nl odt *ris twig, branches, brushwood (potentially referring to interwoven fencing) and odt *wic farm, settlement, village. nl rijs wijk. (Zuid-Holland) First attested as riiswiicaround the end of the 11th century. (Noord-Brabant) Potentially attested as riswic in 1076-1081, attested with certainty as riseuuihc in the first quarter of the 13th century. (Gelderland) First attested as risuuic in 918-948. Pronunciation nl /ˈrɛi̯s.ʋɛi̯k/ nl Nl-Rijswijk.ogg nl Rijs wijk Proper noun n nl town/and/municipality p/South Holland c/Netherlands, to the south of The Hague nl Knotsengat<qq:Carnival nickname> nl Sion 't Haantje nl village/and/former municipality mun/Altena p/North Brabant c/Netherlands nl village mun/Buren p/Gelderland c/Netherlands Derived terms nl Rijswijker nl Rijswijks References rijswijk