Flevowijk

Dutch

Etymology

Compound of Latin Flevo (a hydronym) and wijk (“neighbourhood, quarter”). Named after a former lake mentioned by Pomponius Mela. Flevoland was named after the same hydronym.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfleː.voːˌʋɛi̯k/
  • Hyphenation: Fle‧vo‧wijk

Proper noun

Flevowijk n

  1. a neighbourhood of Kampen, Overijssel, Netherlands

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “flevowijk”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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