Reeuwijk-Brug
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Attested as Reeuwijksche-Brug in 1847. Compound of Middle Dutch ree (“alignment, boundary line, boundary ditch”) and wyc (“farmstead, village, settlement”) or wyc (“inlet, side channel”). The element brug (“bridge”) was added later to distinguish the settlement from Reeuwijk-Dorp.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: Reeu‧wijk-‧Brug
Proper noun edit
Reeuwijk-Brug n
- A village in Bodegraven-Reeuwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.