Scheendijk

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as De Scheyding in 1746. Compound of dialectal scheen (“boundary, border”) and dijk (“levee”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Scheen‧dijk

Proper noun

Scheendijk n

  1. A hamlet in Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.

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