Katwijk aan Zee

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as catwyc op ter zee in 1398. Derived from the toponym Katwijk, aan (“on”) and zee (“sea”). Katwijk is a compound of the difficult to interpret element Middle Dutch kat (“cat, mud, ridge, lesser, low-quality”) and wyc (“village, settlement”). aan Zee was added to distinguish the settlement from Katwijk aan den Rijn.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Kat‧wijk aan Zee

Proper noun

Katwijk aan Zee n

1. A village in Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

References

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