Hilversum
English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Dutch Hilversum.
Proper noun
[edit]Hilversum
- A municipality of North Holland, Netherlands.
Translations
[edit]city in North Holland
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Anagrams
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested as hilfercem in 1305. Compound of Middle Dutch Hilfert (a personal name) and heem (“home, settlement”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]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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- English terms borrowed from Dutch
- English terms derived from Dutch
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- 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
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- 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