Scheendijk

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as De Scheyding in 1746. Compound of dialectal scheen (“boundary, border”) and dijk (“levee”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Scheen‧dijk

Proper noun

Scheendijk n

  1. a hamlet in Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

References

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