Broek op Langedijk

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as broec in the 12th century. Derived from Middle Dutch bruec (“marsh, marshland”) and the name of a levee (a compound of lang (“long”) and dijk (“levee”)).

Pronunciation edit

Hyphenation: Broek op Lan‧ge‧dijk

Proper noun edit

Broek op Lange dijk n

A village and former municipality of Dijk en Waard, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms edit

Broekhorn

References edit

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