Kloostermanswijk

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Attested as Kloostermanswijk of Hoofdwijk C in 1936. Compound of Kloosterman (“a surname”) and wijk (“secondary canal in a turf extraction area”). Named after a nearby canal.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈkloːs.tər.mɑnsˌʋɛi̯k/
Hyphenation: Kloos‧ter‧mans‧wijk

Proper noun edit

Kloostermanswijk n

A neighbourhood of Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands.

References edit

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