Kromwijk

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as crumwijc around 1317. Compound of Middle Dutch crom (“crooked, bent”) and either wijc (“homestead, village, settlement”) or wijc (“inlet, side channel”).

Pronunciation edit

Hyphenation: Krom‧wijk

Proper noun edit

Kromwijk n

A hamlet in Woerden, Utrecht, Netherlands.

References edit

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