Montfoort
English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Dutch Montfoort.
Proper noun
[edit]Montfoort
- A city and municipality of Utrecht, Netherlands.
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested as montfort around 1179. Likely named after a locality in France, possibly French Montfort-l’Aumary. Originally the name of a castle. Compare Hardenberg, Montfort, Sterkenburg and Stoutenburg.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Mont‧foort
Proper noun
[edit]Montfoort n
- A city and municipality of Utrecht, Netherlands
- Synonym: Knopengein (Carnival nickname)
- Meronyms: Achthoven, Blokland, Cattenbroek, Heeswijk, Knollemanshoek, Linschoten, Mastwijk, Willeskop
Derived terms
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- English terms borrowed from Dutch
- English terms derived from Dutch
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Cities in Utrecht, Netherlands
- en:Cities in the Netherlands
- en:Municipalities of Utrecht, Netherlands
- en:Municipalities of the Netherlands
- en:Places in Utrecht, Netherlands
- en:Places in the Netherlands
- Dutch terms borrowed from French
- Dutch terms derived from French
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Cities in Utrecht, Netherlands
- nl:Cities in the Netherlands
- nl:Municipalities of Utrecht, Netherlands
- nl:Municipalities of the Netherlands
- nl:Places in Utrecht, Netherlands
- nl:Places in the Netherlands