Moerwijk

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Compound of moer (“peat bog, marsh”) and wijk (“neighbourhood, quarter”). The current name indirectly derives from the Plan Moerweg project, which was named in turn after a nearby road.

Pronunciation edit

Hyphenation: Moer‧wijk

Proper noun edit

Moerwijk n

A neighbourhood of Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms edit

References edit

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