Zaandijk

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Sendaik (dialect form)

Etymology

First attested as zanedijc in 1397. Compound of the hydronym Zaan and Middle Dutch dyk (“levee”). Named after a nearby levee.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Zaan‧dijk

Proper noun

Zaandijk n

1. A village and former municipality of Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms

• Zaandijker
• Zaandijks

References

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