Rijsoord

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

Hyphenation: Rijs‧oord

Proper noun edit

Rijsoord n

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

Derived terms edit

References edit

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