Deventer
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English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Deventer
- A city in Overijssel, Netherlands.
- A municipality of Overijssel, Netherlands.
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested as dauentre in 840-849. Etymology uncertain. Perhaps derived from an ancient Celtic hydronym or a compound of either Old Dutch daf (“dead”) or *Dafa (a personal name) and *threo (“tree”). Compare Daventry.
See also Dutch Low Saxon Daeventer.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Deventer n
- Deventer (a city and municipality, an Overijssel in the Netherlands)
- Synonyms: Koekstad (nickname), Moskou aan de IJssel (pejorative nickname), Stokvissengat (Carnival nickname)
- Meronyms: Apenhuizen, Averlo, Bathmen, Colmschate, De Bannink, Diepenveen, Dortherhoek, Frieswijk, Lettele, Linde, Loo, Molenbelt, Okkenbroek, Oude Molen, Oxe, Pieriksmars, Rande, Schalkhaar, Snipperling, Tjoene, Zuidloo
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- en:Cities in Overijssel, Netherlands
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- en:Places in the Netherlands
- en:Municipalities of Overijssel, Netherlands
- en:Municipalities of the Netherlands
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- nl:Cities in the Netherlands
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