Katwijk aan Zee

== Dutch == === Etymology === First attested as catwyc op ter zee in 1398. Derived from the toponym Katwijk, aan (“on”) and zee (“sea”). Katwijk is a compound of the difficult to interpret element Middle Dutch kat (“cat, mud, ridge, lesser, low-quality”) and wyc (“village, settlement”). aan Zee was added to distinguish the settlement from Katwijk aan den Rijn. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: Kat‧wijk aan Zee === Proper noun === Katwijk aan Zee n a village in Katwijk, South Holland, Netherlands === References === van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “Katwijk aan zee”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN