Rijsoord

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as rysoort in 1340. Compound of Middle Dutch rijs (“young branch, brushwood”) and ort (“place jutting out into or located next to water”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Rijs‧oord

Proper noun

Rijsoord n

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

Derived terms
  • Rijsoordenaar
  • Rijsoords

References
  • van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “rijsoord”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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