Elsrijk

== Dutch == === Etymology === First attested as Braeckrijk in 1681. Named after a former estate. Originally a compound of braak (“breach”) and rijk (“realm”), currently a compound of els (“alder, Alnus sp.”) and rijk. The estate was renamed by one of its owners, Symon Elskamp, as a jocular reference to his surname. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: Els‧rijk === Proper noun === Elsrijk n a neighbourhood of Amstelveen, North Holland, Netherlands === References === van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “Elsrijk”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN