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Moerdijk
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moerdijk
English
Etymology
Borrowed from en nl Moerdijk.
Proper noun
en village/and/mun in p/North Brabant c/Netherlands.
Dutch
nl:
Etymology
First attested as Moerdijck in 1573. Derived from nl moerdijk levee constructed in a peat extraction area so that salt could be extracted from the turf.
Pronunciation
nl /murˈdɛi̯k/ [muːr-]
nl Nl-Moerdijk.ogg
nl Moer dijk
Proper noun
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nl Moerdijk village/and/municipality p/North Brabant c/Netherlands
nl Spieringkruiersdurp<qq:Carnival nickname>
nl Achterdijk Barlaque Bovensluis Drie Hoefijzers Driehoek Fijnaart Heijningen Helwijk Hoekske Kade Klundert Kreek Kwartier Langeweg Lochtenburg Nieuwemolen Noordhoek Noordschans Oranjeoord Oudemolen Pelikaan Roodevaart Stadse Dijk Standdaarbuiten Strooiendorp Tonnekreek Willemstad Zevenbergen Zevenbergschen Hoek Zevenhuizen Zwingelspaan
nl informal by extension part of the Hollands Diep at the village of Moerdijk
Derived terms
nl beneden de Moerdijk Binnen-Moerdijk boven de Moerdijk Moerdijker Moerdijks
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