Waalre
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Dutch[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- Woldere (dialect form)
Etymology[edit]
First attested as waetriloe in 704. Compound of an uncertain first element and lo (“light forest”). The first element has been variously interpreted as Old Dutch weder (“ram”), a compound of Middle Dutch wede (“forest, brushwood”) and aard (“farmland”) and wad (“crossing, ford”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Waalre n
- A village and municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands.
- Synonym: Keiengat (Carnival nickname)
- Meronyms: Aalst, Achtereind, Ekenrooi, Heikant, Heuvel, Loon, Timmereind
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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