Hilversum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Hilversum.

Proper noun

Hilversum

1. A municipality of North Holland, Netherlands.

Translations

city in North Holland

• Arabic: هيلفرسوم (haylafrsum)
• Dutch: Hilversum (nl) n
• French: Hilversum (fr)
• Georgian: ჰილვერსუმი (hilversumi)
• Greek: Χίλφερσουμ (Chílfersoum)
• Japanese: ヒルフェルスム (Hiruferusumu)
• West Frisian: Hilfertsom

Anagrams

• livermush

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as hilfercem in 1305. Compound of Middle Dutch Hilfert (“a personal name”) and heem (“home, settlement”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɪl.vər.sʏm/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Hil‧ver‧sum

Proper noun

Hilversum n

1. Hilversum (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands) without city rights.

   Meronyms: Egelshoek, Hilversumse Meent

Derived terms

• Hilversummer
• Hilversums
• Hilversumse Meent

References

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