Overdie

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as overdye in 1396. Compound of Middle Dutch over (“over, on the other side”) and the hydronym Die, derived from a compound of the article de and aa (“river, watercourse”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Over‧die

Proper noun

Overdie n

1. A neighbourhood of Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

References

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