Hilversum
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch Hilversum.
Proper noun
Hilversum
- A municipality of North Holland, Netherlands.
Translations
city in North Holland
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Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as hilfercem in 1305. Compound of Middle Dutch Hilfert (a personal name) and heem (“home, settlement”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Hilversum n
- Hilversum (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands)
- Meronyms: Egelshoek, Hilversumse Meent
- (figuratively, metonymically) the national broadcasting sector of the Netherlands
Derived terms
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- en:Municipalities of North Holland, Netherlands
- en:Municipalities of the Netherlands
- en:Places in North Holland, Netherlands
- en:Places in the Netherlands
- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Dutch lemmas
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- nl:Cities in North Holland, Netherlands
- nl:Cities in the Netherlands
- nl:Municipalities of North Holland, Netherlands
- nl:Municipalities of the Netherlands
- nl:Places in North Holland, Netherlands
- nl:Places in the Netherlands
- Dutch metonyms