Waterwijk

Dutch

Etymology

• (Almere) Compound of water (“water”) and wijk (“neighbourhood, quarter”). So named to contrast the neighbourhood with Stedenwijk.
• (Lelystad) Compound of water (“water”) and wijk (“neighbourhood, quarter”). All the neighbourhood's sub-neighbourhoods are named after various bodies of water.
• (Noord-Holland) Compound of water (“water”) and wijk (“neighbourhood, quarter”). The neighbourhood's street names all end in water.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋaː.tər.ʋɛi̯k/
• Hyphenation: Wa‧ter‧wijk

Proper noun

Waterwijk n

1. A neighbourhood of Almere, Flevoland, Netherlands.
2. A neighbourhood of Lelystad, Flevoland, Netherlands.
3. A neighbourhood of Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

References

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