Noordwijk aan Zee

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as nordcha in 889. Derived from a compound of Old Dutch north (“north”) and go (“area, inhabited area”). The second element was gradually reinterpreted to Middle Dutch wyc (“village, settlement”). The element aan (“on”) zee (“sea”) was added later to distinguish the settlement from Noordwijk-Binnen.

Pronunciation edit

Hyphenation: Noord‧wijk aan Zee

Proper noun edit

Noordwijk aan Zee n

A village in Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

References edit

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