Moerwijk

Dutch

Etymology

Compound of moer (“peat bog, marsh”) and wijk (“neighbourhood, quarter”). The current name indirectly derives from the Plan Moerweg project, which was named in turn after a nearby road.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Moer‧wijk

Proper noun

Moerwijk n

1. A neighbourhood of Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms

• Moerwijker
• Moerwijks

References

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