Maastricht

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Maastricht, ultimately from Latin Mosae Trāiectum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːstrɪkt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Maastricht

1. A city and capital of Limburg province, Netherlands.
   • 2021 March 15, Jessie Yeung, “These Asian countries are giving dual citizens an ultimatum on nationality – and loyalty”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     “A shift from jus soli to jus sanguinis has been witnessed in Asia in the course of the twentieth century,” wrote Olivier Vonk at the Maastricht Centre in a 2017 paper.

2. A municipality in Limburg, Netherlands.

Derived terms

• Maastrichtian

Translations

capital city of the Dutch province of Limburg

• Arabic: مَاسْتْرِخْت m (māstriḵt), مَاسْتْرِيخْت m (mastriḵt)
• Belarusian: Маа́стрыхт m (Maástryxt)
• Bulgarian: Маа́стрихт m (Maástriht)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬斯特里赫特 / 马斯特里赫特 (zh) (Mǎsītèlǐhètè)

• Dutch: Maastricht (nl) n
• German: Maastricht (de)
• Greek: Μάαστριχτ (el) (Máastricht)
• Hindi: मासट्रिख़्ट (māsṭrixṭ)
• Japanese: マーストリヒト (Māsutorihito)
• Korean: 마스트리히트 (Maseuteurihiteu)
• Latin: Mosae Traiectum n
• Limburgish: Mestreech (li) n
• Persian: ماستریخت (mâstrixt)
• Polish: Maastricht (pl)
• Portuguese: Maastricht f, Mastrique f
• Romanian: Maastricht
• Russian: Маа́стрихт (ru) m (Maástrixt), Маастри́хт (ru) m (Maastríxt)
• Spanish: Maastricht (es), Mastrique (es) f
• Ukrainian: Маастри́хт m (Maastrýxt)

Anagrams

• rattachism

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Traiecto in 535. From Middle Dutch maestrecht, from Latin Mosae Traiectum. All forms are derived from the hydronym Maas and tricht (“crossing, ferry”) (derived in turn from Latin traiectus (“crossing”)). The element Maas was added at a later date to distinguish the city from Tricht and Utrecht.

See also Limburgish Mestreech.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːsˈtrɪxt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Maas‧tricht
• Rhymes: -ɪxt

Proper noun

Maastricht n

1. Maastricht (a city, municipality, and capital of Limburg, Netherlands)

   Synonym: Maasstad (nickname)

   Meronyms: Amby, Borgharen, Caberg, Heer, Heugem, Itteren, Limmel, Mariënwaard, Nekum, Sint Pieter, Wolder

Derived terms

• Formatie van Maastricht
• Maastrichtenaar, Maastrichter
• Maastrichts

Descendants

• → English: Maastricht
  • English: Maastricht Formation
  • English: Maastrichtian
• → French: Maastricht, Maestricht
  • French: maastrichtien
• → New Latin: maastrichtensis
• → Spanish: Mastrique
• → Walloon: Måstraik, Li Trai

References

• van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “Maastricht”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[2] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Maastricht, from Latin Mosae Traiectum.

Proper noun

Maastricht ?

1. Maastricht; a city in Limburg, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Maastrichtien
• maastrichtien

German

Alternative forms

• Mastricht, Maestricht (archaic; both until mid-20th c.)

Etymology

From Old High German Mastreth (and various variants), from Proto-West Germanic, from Latin Mosae Traiectum. Contemporary form and spelling influenced by modern Dutch Maastricht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːs.trɪçt/

  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

    (file)

• IPA^(key): /ˌmaːsˈtrɪçt/ (less common)
• Hyphenation: Maas‧tricht

Proper noun

Maastricht n (proper noun, genitive Maastrichts or (optionally with an article) Maastricht)

1. Maastricht (city in the Netherlands; capital of Limburg province)

Derived terms

• Maastrichter
  • Maastrichterin

Related terms

• Maas

Proper noun

Maastricht n (proper noun, strong, genitive Maastrichts)

1. ellipsis of Maastrichter Vertrag

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Mastrique (rare, obsolete)

Proper noun

Maastricht f

1. Maastricht (a city and capital of Limburg, Netherlands)