Hemdijk
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
First attested as op hendijck [read: hemdijck] in 1452. Compound of either West Frisian hem (“inland polder”) or ham (“alluvial land in the bend of a river”) and dijk (“levee”).
See also West Frisian Himdyk.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Hemdijk n
- A neighbourhood of Súdwest-Fryslân, Friesland, Netherlands.