Spoelwijk

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Spoel‧wijk

Proper noun

Spoelwijk n

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

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