Schenkeldijk

Dutch

Etymology
  • (Hoeksche Waard, near Strijen) Attested as De Schinkel in 1645. Derived from schenkeldijk (“levee connecting two other levees”).
  • (Hoeksche Waard, near Zuid-Beijerland) Derived from schenkeldijk (“levee connecting two other levees”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Schen‧kel‧dijk

Proper noun

Schenkeldijk n

  1. A hamlet in Hoeksche Waard, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
  2. A hamlet in Hoeksche Waard, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

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