Brandwijk

Dutch

Alternative forms
  • Braank (dialect form)

Etymology

First attested as brandwyc in 1320. Compound of Middle Dutch brand (“fuel, turf”) and wyc (“farmstead, village, settlement”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Brand‧wijk

Proper noun

Brandwijk n

  1. A village and former municipality of Molenlanden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

References
  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “brandwijk”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎ (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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