Boompjesdijk

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as Boom of Drogen Dijk in 1856-1857. Compound of a diminutive plural form of boom (“tree”) and droge dijk (“inland levee, levee not touching a body of water”). The first element was originally the name of a field.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈboːm.pjəsˌdɛi̯k/
Hyphenation: Boom‧pjes‧dijk

Proper noun edit

Boompjesdijk n

A hamlet in Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

References edit

van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN