Noordwijk aan Zee

== English == === Proper noun === Noordwijk aan Zee A coastal village in Noordwijk municipality, South Holland, Netherlands. == Dutch == === Etymology === First attested as nordcha in 889. Derived from a compound of Old Dutch north (“north”) and go (“area, inhabited area”). The second element was gradually reinterpreted to Middle Dutch wyc (“village, settlement”). The element aan (“on”) zee (“sea”) was added later to distinguish the settlement from Noordwijk-Binnen. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: Noord‧wijk aan Zee === Proper noun === Noordwijk aan Zee n a village in Noordwijk, South Holland, Netherlands === References === van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “Noordwijk aan zee”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN