Blokdijk

Dutch

Alternative forms

• De Blokdik (West Frisian)

Etymology

First attested as block-dyck in 1402. Compound of Middle Dutch blok (“farmland enclosed by a ditch or fence”) and dyc (“levee”). Named after a nearby levee.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Blok‧dijk

Proper noun

Blokdijk n

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

References

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