Amer

See also: amer, âmèr, amer., and Amer.

Dutch

De locatie van de Amer.

De Amer op een mooie dag.

Etymology

Likely etymologically identical to Eem. See also Amersfoort. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Amer ?

1. A hydronym; particularly:
   1. a river in the province of North Brabant, the Netherlands; it flows into the Hollands Diep and is the continuation of the Bergsche Maas

Usage notes

• The placenames Amersfoort, Amerongen, and others in the province of Utrecht do not refer to the Brabantian river, but are probably derived from a by-form Amer of the hydronym Eem which does not survive in contemporary Dutch.

Further reading

• Amer on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /âmer/
• Hyphenation: A‧mer

Noun

Ȁmer m anim (Cyrillic spelling А̏мер)

1. (colloquial) American