Kooiwijk

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as KOOIWIJK of Coywijk in 1845. Compound of kooi (“duck decoy”) and wijk (“side channel, inlet”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Kooi‧wijk

Proper noun

Kooiwijk n

  1. A hamlet in Molenlanden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

References
  • van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “kooiwijk”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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