Overwaard

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Compound of over (“upper, upstream”) and waard (“land next to water, riverine island, polder complex surrounded by water”). Named after a street, named in turn after a former brick factory, named in turn after a polder.

Pronunciation edit

Hyphenation: Over‧waard

Proper noun edit

Overwaard n

A neighbourhood of IJsselstein, Utrecht, Netherlands.