Stolwijk

Dutch

Alternative forms

Stolk (dialect form)

Etymology

First attested as stolwyc and stulwyc in 1330. Presumably a compound of Middle Dutch stolle (“lump, chunk”) and wyc (“farmstead, village, settlement”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: Stol‧wijk

Proper noun

Stolwijk n

A village and former municipality of Krimpenerwaard, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms

Stolwijker
Stolwijks
Stolwijkersluis

References

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

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