Wijmers

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Waimers (West Frisian)

Etymology

Attested as De Wymers in 1680. Derived from dialectal wijmers (“land located outside of a levee, levee, watercourse running alongside a levee”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Wij‧mers

Proper noun

Wijmers n

1. A hamlet in Drechterland, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

References

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