Volewijck

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as voelwijc in 1308. Compound of Middle Dutch voel (“foal”) and wyc (“farmstead, village, settlement”). Originally the name of a small peninsula.

Pronunciation edit

Hyphenation: Vo‧le‧wijck

Proper noun edit

Volewijck n

A neighbourhood of Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms edit

References edit

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