Tijenraan

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as tye en roiden around 1310. Compound of Middle Dutch tië (“meeting place in a village, place where law is spoken”) and a contraction of the dative plural form of Middle Dutch rode (“land cleared of trees”). Formerly an independent hamlet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛi̯.ə(n).raːn/
• Hyphenation: Tij‧en‧raan

Proper noun

Tijenraan n

1. A neighbourhood of Raalte, Overijssel, Netherlands

References

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