Wijmers

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Dutch[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Attested as De Wymers in 1680. Derived from dialectal wijmers (“land located outside of a levee, levee, watercourse running alongside a levee”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: Wij‧mers

Proper noun[edit]

Wijmers n

  1. A hamlet in Drechterland, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

References[edit]

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