Ooij.
a village in Berg en Dal, Gelderland, Netherlands
Meaning & usage
a village in Berg en Dal, Gelderland, Netherlands
a hamlet in Neder-Betuwe, Gelderland, Netherlands
a neighbourhood of Tiel, Gelderland, Netherlands
Where this word comes from
All toponyms derived from the Middle Dutch ooy, ouwe (“floodplain, land next to a river”), from Old Dutch ōi, *owe, from Proto-West Germanic *auwju, from Proto-Germanic *awjō; compare ooibos, landouw and Betuwe. * (Berg en Dal) Potentially attested as de oia in 1076-1081, attested with certainty as de oge in 1081. * (Neder-Betuwe) First attested as Oyen in 1520.
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