Wiktionary

Zwaagdijk-West

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as zuoechdyc in 1319. Compound of the toponym Zwaag, Middle Dutch dyc (“levee”) and west (“west”). Named after a nearby levee. The element west was added to distinguish the settlement from Zwaagdijk-Oost.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: Zwaag‧dijk-‧West

Proper noun edit

Zwaagdijk-West n

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

References edit

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