Helwijk.
a village in Moerdijk, North Brabant, Netherlands
Meaning & usage
a village in Moerdijk, North Brabant, Netherlands
Where this word comes from
First attested as de Hel in 1747. Compound of hel (“hell”) and wijk (“village, settlement”). Named after the De Hel Fortress. The French troops which occupied it in 1811 translated its name to enfer (“hell”), and the name was translated back to Dutch for the settlement that sprung up around it.
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