Boompjesdijk

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Boom of Drogen Dijk in 1856-1857. Compound of a diminutive plural form of boom (“tree”) and droge dijk (“inland levee, levee not touching a body of water”). The first element was originally the name of a field.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboːm.pjəsˌdɛi̯k/
• Hyphenation: Boom‧pjes‧dijk

Proper noun

Boompjesdijk n

1. a hamlet in Steenbergen, North Brabant, Netherlands

References

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