Bleiswijk
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as blesewic in 1242. Compound of Middle Dutch Blese (“a personal name”) and wyc (“farmstead, village, settlement”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Bleis‧wijk
Proper noun
Bleiswijk n
- A village and former municipality of Lansingerland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
Derived terms
- Bleiswijker
- Bleiswijks
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “bleiswijk”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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