Het Oostrik

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Oesterick around 1602. Derived from a contracted compound of ooster (“eastern, east-”) and wijk (“village, settlement”). Originally the name of a farm.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɦɛt ˈoːs.trɪk/
  • Hyphenation: Het Oos‧trik

Proper noun

Het Oostrik n

  1. A neighbourhood of Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands.

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