Baardwijk

Dutch

Alternative forms
  • Borrek (dialect form)

Etymology

First attested as barduvich in 1136. Compound of Old Dutch barda (“edge, end”) and wijk (“village, settlement”). Formerly an independent village.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbaːrt.ʋɛi̯k/
  • Hyphenation: Baard‧wijk

Proper noun

Baardwijk n

  1. A neighbourhood and former municipality of Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

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