Brandwijk

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Braank (dialect form)

Etymology

First attested as brandwyc in 1320. Compound of Middle Dutch brand (“fuel, turf”) and wyc (“farmstead, village, settlement”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Brand‧wijk

Proper noun

Brandwijk n

1. A village and former municipality of Molenlanden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

References

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