Rijk
See also: rijk
Dutch
editEtymology
editThe village that existed in the 19th and 20th centuries was named after the older drowned village that had existed near the location. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
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editRijk n
- A former village in Noord-Holland, the Netherlands, demolished in 1959, located at what is now one of the runways of Schiphol. [from 19th c.]
- A drowned village in Noord-Holland, the Netherlands, destroyed by the Haarlemmermeer in the seventeenth century.
- Synonym: Rietwijk