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Katwijk
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from en nl Katwijk.
Proper noun
en municipality p/South Holland c/Netherlands.
en village mun/Land van Cuijk p/North Brabant c/Netherlands.
Dutch
Alternative forms
nl Katwiek Noord-Brabant dialect form
nl Kattik Zuid-Holland dialect form
Etymology
(Zuid-Holland) Named after nl Katwijk aan den Rijn and nl Katwijk aan Zee.
(Noord-Brabant) First attested as Catwyck in 1530. Derived from the difficult to interpret toponymic element nl kat cat, ridge, mud, lesser and nl wijk village, settlement.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈkɑt.ʋɛi̯k/
nl Nl-Katwijk.ogg
nl Kat wijk
Proper noun
n
nl municipality p/South Holland c/Netherlands
nl De Pan Katwijk aan den Rijn Katwijk aan Zee Rijnsburg Valkenburg
nl village mun/Land van Cuijk p/North Brabant c/Netherlands
Derived terms
nl Katwijker
nl Katwijks
References