Rensselaer

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɛnsəˈlɪəɹ/

Proper noun

Rensselaer

1. A city, the county seat of Jasper County, Indiana, United States, named after James Van Rensselaer.
2. A village in Ralls County, Missouri, United States, named after the nearby Rensselaer Academy.
3. A city in Rensselaer County, New York, United States, named after Kiliaen van Rensselaer and family, as was the county.

Derived terms

• Rensselaer County

See also

• rensselaerite
• Van Rensselaer (surname)

Dutch

Etymology

Named after Kiliaen van Rensselaer (1586-1643), a WIC administrator and founder of Rensselaerswijck.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛn.səˌlaːr/
• Hyphenation: Rens‧se‧laer

Proper noun

Rensselaer n

1. A neighborhood of Nijkerk, Gelderland, Netherlands.

References

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