Buurtsdijk

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Buurtsdijk in 1868. Compound of the toponym *Buurt (derived from buurt (“hamlet, small settlement”)) and dijk (“levee”). Originally the name of a road.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: Buurts‧dijk

Proper noun

Buurtsdijk n

A hamlet in Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands

References

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