Spoelwijk

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

First attested as spoelwyck in 1360 and 1361. Potentially a compound of Middle Dutch spoel (rinsing water) and wyc (farmstead, village, settlement).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: Spoel‧wijk

Proper noun[edit]

Spoelwijk n

  1. A hamlet in Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

References[edit]

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