Scheendijk

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as De Scheyding in 1746. Compound of dialectal scheen (“boundary, border”) and dijk (“levee”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Scheen‧dijk

Proper noun

Scheendijk n

1. A hamlet in Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

References

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