Lagedijk

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Leechdyck around 1660. Compound of lang (“long”) and dijk (“levee”). Named after a nearby levee.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: La‧ge‧dijk

Proper noun

Lagedijk n

  1. a hamlet in Schagen, North Holland, Netherlands

References

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