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Almelo

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English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Almelo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Almelo.

Proper noun

Almelo

A city and municipality of Overijssel, Netherlands.

Dutch

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Almelo

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

Almelo

Etymology

First attested as almelo in 1157. Likely a compound of Proto-Germanic *alma- (“elm, Ulmus sp.”) and lo (“light forest”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑl.məˌloː/
Audio: (file)

Proper noun

Almelo n

Almelo (a city and municipality of Overijssel, Netherlands)
Meronyms: Aadorp, Bavinkel, Bornerbroek, Tusveld

Derived terms

Almeloër
Almelos
Ambt Almelo
Stad Almelo

References

van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “almelo”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎ (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

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