Kinderdijk
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Attested as den Kinderdijck in 1573-1576. Equivalent to kind + -er- + dijk. The settlement was named for a levee constructed by the children of the lord of Giessen.
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Proper noun[edit]
Kinderdijk n
- A village in Molenlanden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.