tuinstadwijk
Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
- tuinstadswijk (uncommon)
Etymology edit
Compound of tuinstad (“garden city”) + wijk (“quarter, neighbourhood”). First attested in the 1910s.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tuinstadwijk f (plural tuinstadwijken)
- A mostly low-rise suburb with many characteristics of a village, loosely based on the garden city model.
- Synonym: tuinwijk
Usage notes edit
A tuinstadwijk is usually smaller than a tuindorp.