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 (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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