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