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Maartensdijk

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as in veno and in ueno in 1219. Compound of the name of Saint Martin of Tours and Middle Dutch dyc (“levee”). The village was formerly owned by the Utrecht church of Saint Martin.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: Maar‧tens‧dijk

Proper noun edit

Maartensdijk n

  1. A village and former municipality of De Bilt, Utrecht, Netherlands.
    Synonym: Oostveen (historical)

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “maartensdijk”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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