Boxmeer

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Bóksmér (dialect spelling)

Etymology

First attested as mere in 1271. Compound of the surname Buch and meer (“lake”), used here in the rarer sense of "cut-off bend of a river". The interpretation of the second element as Middle Dutch meer (“marker, boundary marker”) is less likely.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔksˈmeːr/

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• Hyphenation: Box‧meer
• Rhymes: -eːr

Proper noun

Boxmeer n

1. A village and former municipality of Land van Cuijk, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

   Synonym: Boksmèr (Carnival nickname)

Derived terms

• Boxmeerder
• Boxmeers

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN