Rijswijk

English

Alternative forms

• Ryswick (chiefly historical)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Rijswijk.

Proper noun

Rijswijk

1. A town and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Rieswiek (Gelderland, dialect form)
• Rijsik (Noord-Brabant, dialect form)

Etymology

Compound of Old Dutch *ris (“twig, branches, brushwood”) (potentially referring to interwoven fencing) and *wic (“farm, settlement, village”). By surface analysis, rijs +‎ wijk.

• (Zuid-Holland) First attested as riiswiicaround the end of the 11th century.
• (Noord-Brabant) Potentially attested as riswic in 1076-1081, attested with certainty as riseuuihc in the first quarter of the 13th century.
• (Gelderland) First attested as risuuic in 918-948.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛi̯s.ʋɛi̯k/

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• Hyphenation: Rijs‧wijk

Proper noun

Rijswijk n

1. a town and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands, to the south of The Hague

   Synonym: Knotsengat (Carnival nickname)

   Meronyms: Sion, 't Haantje

2. a village and former municipality of Altena, North Brabant, Netherlands
3. a village in Buren, Gelderland, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Rijswijker
• Rijswijks

References

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