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Meerwijk
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Dutch
Etymology
(Noord-Brabant) nl
(Haarlem) Compound of nl meer lake and nl wijk -wich: neighbourhood, quarter in reference to the nearby Haarlemmermeer.
(Uithoorn) First attested as meerwijc in 1290. Compound of nl dum meere pool, lake and dum wyc farmstead, village, settlement. The toponym references the neighbourhood's location between the Zijdelmeer lake and the Amstel river.
nl Meerwijck.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈmeːr.ʋɛi̯k/
nl Meer wijk
nl Meerwijck
Proper noun
n
nl hamlet mun/'s-Hertogenbosch p/North Brabant c/Netherlands
nl neighbourhood c/Haarlem p/North Holland c/Netherlands
nl neighbourhood c/Uithoorn p/North Holland c/Netherlands
Derived terms
nl Empel en Meerwijk
References
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