Berkel en Rodenrijs

Dutch

Etymology

Berkel is first attested as berkel in 1266. Rodenrijs is first attested as roderinse in 1130-1161. Berkel is derived from a compound of Middle Dutch berc (“birch, Betula sp.”) and lo (“light forest”). Rodenrijs is derived from a compound of an inflected form of Old Dutch rōt (“red”) and risa (“young branch, brushwood”). Formerly two independent villages.

Pronunciation
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  • Hyphenation: Ber‧kel en Ro‧den‧rijs

Proper noun

Berkel en Rodenrijs n

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

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