Vaals

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Borrowed from Dutch Vaals.

Vaals

1. A municipality of Limburg, Netherlands.

First attested as vals in 1041. Potentially derived from the plural form of Latin vallis (“vale, valley”) or from the dative plural of vallum (“wall”), referring here to a vineyard ringed by earthen walls.

See also Central Franconian Vols.

• IPA^(key): /vaːls/

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• Hyphenation: Vaals
• Rhymes: -aːls

Vaals n

1. A village and municipality of Limburg, Netherlands

   Meronyms: Camerig, Cottessen, Harles, Holset, Lemiers, Mamelis, Melleschet, Oud-Lemiers, Raren, Rott, Vijlen, Wolfhaag

• Vaalsenaar
• Vaalser
• Vaalserberg

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN