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FromDutchIJ.

• (UK)IPA^(key): /eɪ/
• Rhymes:-eɪ

IJ

1. Alake (formerly abay) adjoining the city ofAmsterdam,Netherlands.
   • 1999, Geert Mak, translated byPhilipp Blom,Amsterdam: A brief life of the city, Vintage, published2001, page 9:

     Velsen, a considerable Roman garrison, was not far away; moreover, for centuries the windyIJ formed part of the northern border of the Roman Empire.

• -ji,JI,Ji

Ultimately fromProto-Germanic*ahwō.Thisetymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): /ɛi̯/

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• Hyphenation:IJ
• Rhymes:-ɛi̯
• Homophone:ei

IJ n

1. theIJ

• IJburg
• IJmeer
• IJmond
• IJmuiden

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