Arnhem

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Proper noun

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Arnhem

  1. A city, municipality, and capital of Gelderland, Netherlands.

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Dutch

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Etymology

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First attested as arneym in 893. Compound derived from Old Dutch Aro (a personal name) or Arn (a personal name) (both deriving in turn from Proto-Germanic *arnu- (eagle)) and heem (home, settlement).

The surname is derived from the toponym.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɑr.nɛm/
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  • Hyphenation: Arn‧hem

Proper noun

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Arnhem n

  1. Arnhem (a city, municipality, and capital of Gelderland, Netherlands)
    Meronyms: De Praets, Elden, Schaarsbergen, Terlet, 't Vlot
  2. a habitational surname

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References

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