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The IJ (pronounced (:ɛi̯); sometimes shown on old maps as ''Y'' or ''Ye'') is a body of water, formerly a bay, in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is known for being Amsterdam's waterfront. It is considered a river by Rijkswaterstaat (a branch of the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment), though some contest this qualification, calling the IJ a lake. Its name is an obsolete Dutch word meaning "water", derived from the West Frisian word ''ie'' "stream, small river" (from Germanic *''ahwō'' "water") and is cognate with Dutch Aa/Ee names for bodies of water. The name consists of the digraph ''ij'', which behaves like a single letter. Therefore, both letters are capitalized; cf. IJmuiden. ==Geography== Today, the IJ is divided into two parts: * To the west, the Binnen-IJ (inner IJ), or Afgesloten-IJ (closed IJ), is directly connected to the North Sea Canal, where the port of IJmuiden and the North Sea can be reached. * To the east, the Buiten-IJ (outer IJ) is an extension of the IJmeer and Markermeer. These two lakes are separated by a set of locks. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「IJ (Amsterdam)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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