Amersfoort
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑməɹsfɔɹt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɑːməsfɔːt/
Proper noun[edit]
Amersfoort
- A city and municipality in Utrecht province, Netherlands.
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First attested as amersfoirde in 1028. Compound of the hydronym Amer (likely identical or cognate to Eem) and Old Dutch furda (“ford, crossing”). Compare Amerongen.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Amersfoort n
- Amersfoort (a city and municipality of Utrecht, Netherlands).
- Synonyms: A'foort, Keistad (nickname), Trekkersgat (Carnaval nickname)
- Meronyms: Buurtsdijk, Coelhorst, Hoogland, Hooglanderveen, Stoutenburg-Noord, Zeldert
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- en:Municipalities of the Netherlands
- en:Places in Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch
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- nl:Cities in Utrecht, Netherlands
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- nl:Places in Utrecht, Netherlands
- nl:Places in the Netherlands