Marsdijk

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Marsdijk in 1898. Compound of a variant of meers (“land next to water, pasture”) and dijk (“levee, elevated road”). Named after a nearby road.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑrs.dɛi̯k/
  • Hyphenation: Mars‧dijk

Proper noun

Marsdijk n

  1. a neighbourhood of Assen, Drenthe, Netherlands

References

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