Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as hundeswiic around 1200. Compound of Old Dutch Hund (a personal name) and wīk (farmstead, village, settlement).

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: Hons‧wijk

Proper noun edit

Honswijk n

  1. A hamlet in Houten, Utrecht, Netherlands.

References edit

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