Meerwijk.
a hamlet in 's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant, Netherlands
Meaning & usage
a hamlet in 's-Hertogenbosch, North Brabant, Netherlands
a neighbourhood of Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands
a neighbourhood of Uithoorn, North Holland, Netherlands
Where this word comes from
* (Noord-Brabant) * (Haarlem) Compound of meer (“lake”) and wijk (“-wich: neighbourhood, quarter”) in reference to the nearby Haarlemmermeer. * (Uithoorn) First attested as meerwijc in 1290. Compound of Middle Dutch meere (“pool, lake”) and wyc (“farmstead, village, settlement”). The toponym references the neighbourhood's location between the Zijdelmeer lake and the Amstel river. Doublet of Meerwijck.
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