Rijsoord

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as rysoort in 1340. Compound of Middle Dutch rijs (“young branch, brushwood”) and ort (“place jutting out into or located next to water”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Rijs‧oord

Proper noun

Rijsoord n

1. A village and former municipality of Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms

• Rijsoordenaar
• Rijsoords

References

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