Niel
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Niel
Translations[edit]
Flemish town
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Etymology[edit]
- Possibly from the medieval word niel meaning "thrown face-down in the depths", from the Germanic nihwulia or niwaialho (meaning: "headlong, downward"). Furthermore, places with "Niel" in their names have been shown to invariably be lower-lying
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Niel ?
- town on the river Rupel in the southwest of the Belgian province of Antwerp.