Attested as Roonhoeck around 1660. Compound of rood (“red”) and hoek (“corner”). Likely named after the colour of the material used to build the first houses.
See also Zealandic Rwòienoek.
- IPA(key): /ˈroː.də(n)ˌɦuk/
- Hyphenation: Roo‧den‧hoek
Roodenhoek n
- A hamlet in Sluis, Zeeland, Netherlands.
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “roodenhoek”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN