Ultraiectum

Alternative forms

Ultrajectum

Etymology

Blend of ultra (“beyond”), a phonetic Latinisation of Old Dutch ūt (“out”) + Traiectum, the name of the ancient Roman fort at the city, from traiectus (“crossing”). See Dutch Utrecht.

Pronunciation

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ul.traˈjɛk.tum]

Proper noun

Ultraiectum n sg (genitive Ultraiectī); second declension (Medieval Latin, New Latin)

Utrecht (a city and municipality, the capital of Utrecht province, Netherlands)
- 1688, Heinrich Meibom, Rerum Germanicarum Libri III, page 383:
  Anno Domini MCXXV. feria quinta post Pentecosten in Ultrajecto Henricus imperator moritur […]
  In the year of the lord 1125, on the Thursday after Pentecost, Emperor Henry died in Utrecht […]

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

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Synonyms

Traiectum, Traiectum ad Rhenum