Laren

See also: laren and låren

English

Proper noun

Laren

1. A municipality and town in the Netherlands.

Anagrams

• Larne, Learn, laner, learn, neral, renal

Dutch

Etymology

• (Noord-Holland) First attested as lare in 1341. Derived from Middle Dutch laer (“intensively cultivated forest, forest pasture”).
• (Gelderland) First attested as lare in 1294-1295. Derived from Middle Dutch laer (“intensively cultivated forest, forest pasture”). See also Dutch Low Saxon Loarne, Laorne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaː.rən/

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• Hyphenation: La‧ren
• Rhymes: -aːrən

Proper noun

Laren n

1. A village and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands.
2. A village and former municipality of Lochem, Gelderland, Netherlands.

Derived terms

• Larenaar
• Larens
• van Laren, van Laaren

References

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