Spierdijk

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • Spierdoik (West Frisian)

Etymology

First attested as spierdijck in 1365. Compound of Middle Dutch spier (“long, tough rhizome of a rush”) and dyc (“levee”). Compare Stoppeldijk.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Spier‧dijk

Proper noun

Spierdijk n

  1. a village in Koggenland, North Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

References

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