Bijlmermeer

Dutch

Etymology

From Bijlmer (“a former village”) +‎ meer (“lake”). The toponym Bijlmer derives from a contraction of Old Dutch bindel (“connection, link”) and mere (“lake”). The meaning of the toponym was gradually forgotten, and the element meer was appended as a result.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɛi̯l.mərˈmeːr/
• Hyphenation: Bijl‧mer‧meer
• Rhymes: -eːr

Proper noun

Bijlmermeer n

1. Bijlmermeer (a neighborhood and former municipality of Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands)

   Synonyms: Bijlmer, Bims (nickname)

Derived terms

• Bijlmermeerder

Descendants

• → Sranan Tongo: Bimre

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “bijlmer”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN