Oisterwijk
Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
- Ósterik (dialect form)
Etymology edit
Potentially attested as hosteruuic before 1167, attested with certainty as oesterwijc in 1214. Compound of ooster (“eastern, east-”) and wijk (“farmstead, village, settlement”). So named to distinguish the settlement from Westerwijk.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈoːs.tərˌʋɛik/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Ois‧ter‧wijk
- Homophone: Oosterwijk
Proper noun edit
Oisterwijk n
- A village and municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands.
- Synonym: Döllekesgat (Carnival nickname)
- Meronyms: Belvert, Broekzijde, De Logt, Gever, Haaren, Heesakker, Heikant, Heiligeboom, Heukelom, Heuvelstraat, Hild, Kerkeind, Laag-Heukelom, Moergestel, Noenes, Oisterwijkse Hoeven, Raam, Stokske, Vinkenberg, Zelt
Derived terms edit
References edit
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN