Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as waddeweye in 1256. Compound of Middle Dutch wadde (ford, shallow area) and Old Frisian wei (way, road).

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: Wad‧way

Proper noun edit

Wadway n

  1. A village in Opmeer, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms edit

References edit

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