Bijdorp

Dutch

Etymology

• (Barendrecht) Derived from a compound of bij (“near, close to”) and dorp (“village, settlement”). Originally the name of a manor.
• (Schiedam) Attested as Bijdorp in 1936. Derived from a compound of bij (“near, close to”) and dorp (“village, settlement”). Likely to have originally been the name of a house.
• (Voorschoten) Compound of Bije (“a surname”) and dorp (“village”). Named after an estate built by nobleman Johan de Bije (1649-1715).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Bij‧dorp

Proper noun

Bijdorp n

1. A neighbourhood of Barendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
2. A neighbourhood of Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
3. A neighbourhood of Voorschoten, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “blijdorp”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN