Spierdijk

Dutch

Alternative forms
  • Spierdoik (West Frisian)

Etymology

First attested as spierdijck in 1365. Compound of Middle Dutch spier (“long, tough rhizome of a rush”) and dyc (“levee”). Compare Stoppeldijk.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Spier‧dijk

Proper noun

Spierdijk n

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

Derived terms

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