# Wijck

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**Wijck** is a [Dutch](/source/Dutch_language) surname derived from the Dutch word for neighborhood, "wijk".

Wijk in turn is derived from the Latin word "vicus". A vicus was a small settlement that started to emerge next to Roman forts, when local people wanted to trade with the Romans. Vicus became vic / wic / vyc / wyc / wik / wick / wich / wyk / wyck / wych, which became wijk or wijck. The sound of the "i" changed from sounding like "leek" or "weak", but somewhat shorter (vicus » vic), towards sounding like "strike" or "Mike" (wijck).

Notable people with the surname include:

- [C.C. van Asch van Wijck](/source/C.C._van_Asch_van_Wijck) (1900–1932), Dutch artist, model and sculptor
- [Jaak van Wijck](/source/Jaak_van_Wijck) (1870–1946), notable Dutch painter
- [Johan Cornelis van der Wijck](/source/Johan_Cornelis_van_der_Wijck) (1848–1919), Dutch lieutenant general of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army
- [Robert Anderson Van Wyck](/source/Robert_Anderson_Van_Wyck) (1849–1918), Mayor of New York
- [Thomas Wijck](/source/Thomas_Wijck) (1616–1677), Dutch painter, a member of Dutch family of painters and draughtsmen
- [Titus van Asch van Wijck](/source/Titus_van_Asch_van_Wijck) (1849–1902), Dutch nobleman, politician and colonial governor of Suriname

## See also

- [Van Asch Van Wijck Mountains](/source/Van_Asch_Van_Wijck_Mountains), a mountain range in Suriname
- *[Tenggelamnya Kapal van der Wijck](/source/Tenggelamnya_Kapal_van_der_Wijck)* (*Sinking of the van der Wijck*), an Indonesian serial and later novel
- [WJCK (disambiguation)](/source/WJCK_(disambiguation))
- [Wijk (disambiguation)](/source/Wijk_(disambiguation))
- [Van Wyck (disambiguation)](/source/Van_Wyck_(disambiguation))

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