Wiktionary

Schalkwijk

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

  • (Utrecht) First attested as scalwiich, scalcwiich and scalewiich in 1130-1161. Compound of Old Dutch scalc (“servant”) and wīk (“farmstead, village, settlement”).
  • (Noord-Holland) Compound of Old Dutch scalc (“servant”) or a personal name derived from scalc and wīk (“farmstead, village, settlement”).

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: Schalk‧wijk

Proper noun edit

Schalkwijk n

  1. A village and former municipality of Houten, Utrecht, Netherlands.
    Synonym: Platneuzendorp (Carnival nickname)
  2. A neighbourhood of Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms edit

References edit

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