Naaldwijk

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Naluk (dialect form), Nalek (dialect form)

Etymology

First attested as nadelwich in 1156. Compound of Old Dutch nāthala (“needle, coniferous tree”) and wic (“farmstead, village, settlement”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Naald‧wijk

Proper noun

Naaldwijk n

1. A village and former municipality of Westland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms

• Naaldwijker
• Naaldwijks

References

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