Het Raan

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as roiden around 1310. Derived from a contraction of the dative plural form of Middle Dutch rode (“land cleared of trees”). Compare Raar, Raren, Rha, Rhaan, Rhoon and Roden.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɛt ˈraːn/
• Hyphenation: Het Raan
• Rhymes: -aːn

Proper noun

Het Raan n

1. A neighbourhood of Raalte, Overijssel, Netherlands

References

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