Kinderdijk

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as den Kinderdijck in 1573-1576. Equivalent to kind +‎ -er- +‎ dijk. The settlement was named for a levee constructed by the children of the lord of Giessen.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɪn.dərˌdɛi̯k/
  • Hyphenation: Kin‧der‧dijk

Proper noun

Kinderdijk n

  1. A village in Molenlanden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms
  • Kinderdijker
  • Kinderdijks

References
  • van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “kinderdijk”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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