Katwijk
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Etymology edit
- (Zuid-Holland) Named after Katwijk aan den Rijn and Katwijk aan Zee.
- (Noord-Brabant) First attested as Catwyck in 1530. Derived from the difficult to interpret toponymic element kat (“cat, ridge, mud, lesser”) and wijk (“village, settlement”).
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Katwijk n
- A municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.
- Meronyms: De Pan, Katwijk aan den Rijn, Katwijk aan Zee, Rijnsburg, Valkenburg
- A village in Land van Cuijk, North Brabant, Netherlands.
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References edit
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN