Roodewijk

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Attested as Roodewijk in 1936. Compound of rood (“red”) and wijk (“settlement, neighbourhood”). Named for the colour of the roof tiles of the settlement's first houses. The element rood was added to distinguish the settlement from Blauwewijk.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈroː.dəˌʋɛi̯k/
Hyphenation: Roo‧de‧wijk

Proper noun edit

Roodewijk n

A hamlet in Goes, Zeeland, Netherlands.

References edit

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