Schenkeldijk

Dutch

Etymology

  • (Hoeksche Waard, near Strijen) Attested as De Schinkel in 1645. Derived from schenkeldijk (“levee connecting two other levees”).
  • (Hoeksche Waard, near Zuid-Beijerland) Derived from schenkeldijk (“levee connecting two other levees”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Schen‧kel‧dijk

Proper noun

Schenkeldijk n

  1. a hamlet in Hoeksche Waard, South Holland, Netherlands
  2. a hamlet in Hoeksche Waard, South Holland, Netherlands

References

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