Honswijk

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as hundeswiic around 1200. Compound of Old Dutch Hund (“a personal name”) and wīk (“farmstead, village, settlement”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Hons‧wijk

Proper noun

Honswijk n

  1. A hamlet in Houten, Utrecht, Netherlands.

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