Antwerpen

Antwerpen

1. Alternative form of Antwerp.
   • 1792, W[illiam] Perks, The Youth’s General Introduction to Guthrie’s Geography, London: […] the Author: and sold by Messrs. Robinson, […]; and Scatcherd and Whitaker, […], page 218:

     A biſhopric. 26 m. almoſt SW from Antwerpen, and 30 NW from Bruſſels.

   • 2010, Billy Ehn, Orvar Löfgren, The Secret World of Doing Nothing, Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 131:

     During the retreat from Antwerpen in the face of the rapidly advancing German army Julien has lost the thesis that he had planned to submit to the university, but now he has a great idea.

   • 2021, Marc Gordon Blainey, Christ Returns from the Jungle: Ayahuasca Religion as Mystical Healing, Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, →ISBN:

     Astrid is a thirty-nine-year-old receptionist from Antwerpen province who has been attending Daime works since 2006.

Antwerpen

1. Antwerp (the capital city of Antwerp province, Belgium)
2. Antwerp (a province of Belgium)

From Medieval Latin Antwerpo, which, if of Germanic origin, like Frankish or Old Frisian, could be from Proto-West Germanic *anda- (“against”) + a noun derived from *werpan (“to throw”), meaning something like "land thrown up at something, "alluvial deposit."[1]

Folk etymology derived it from handwerpen (“hand-throwing”), from hand + werpen, referring to a giant in Flemish legend named Antigoon, said to sever and fling the hands of any boatmen of the Scheldt who did not pay his toll.[2] More at Antwerp.

flag of Antwerp province

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑntˌʋɛr.pə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: Ant‧wer‧pen

aerial view of Antwerp city

Antwerpen n

1. Antwerp (the capital city of Antwerp province, Belgium)

   Meronyms: Berchem, Berendrecht-Zandvliet-Lillo, Borgerhout, Deurne, Ekeren, Hoboken, Merksem, Wilrijk

2. Antwerp (a province of Belgium)

   Laten we naar Antwerpen gaan. — Let's go to Antwerp.

   Meronyms: Aartselaar, Antwerpen, Arendonk, Baarle-Hertog, Balen, Beerse, Berlaar, Boechout, Bonheiden, Boom, Bornem, Borsbeek, Brasschaat, Brecht, Dessel, Duffel, Edegem, Essen, Geel, Grobbendonk, Heist-op-den-Berg, Hemiksem, Herentals, Herenthout, Herselt, Hoogstraten, Hove, Hulshout, Kalmthout, Kapellen, Kasterlee, Kontich, Laakdal, Lier, Lille, Lint, Malle, Mechelen, Meerhout, Merksplas, Mol, Mortsel, Niel, Nijlen, Olen, Oud-Turnhout, Putte, Puurs-Sint-Amands, Ranst, Ravels, Retie, Rijkevorsel, Rumst, Schelle, Schilde, Schoten, Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Stabroek, Turnhout, Vorselaar, Vosselaar, Westerlo, Wijnegem, Willebroek, Wommelgem, Wuustwezel, Zandhoven, Zoersel, Zwijndrecht

• Antwerpenaar
• Antwerps

• (provinces of Belgium) Provincies van België; Antwerpen, Henegouwen, Limburg, Luik, Luxemburg, Namen, Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaams-Brabant, Waals-Brabant, West-Vlaanderen ^{(Category: nl:Provinces of Belgium)}

From Dutch Antwerpen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑntwerp(ː)en/, [ˈɑ̝n̪t̪we̞rp(ː)e̞n]
• Rhymes: -ɑntwerpen
• Syllabification^(key): Ant‧wer‧pen

Antwerpen

1. Antwerp (the capital city of Antwerp province, Belgium)
2. Antwerp (a province of Belgium)

• antwerpeniläinen (“Antwerpian”)

• IPA^(key): /antˈvɛʁpm̩/

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Antwerpen n (proper noun, genitive Antwerpens or (optionally with an article) Antwerpen)

1. Antwerp (the capital city of Antwerp province, Belgium)
2. Antwerp (a province of Belgium)

• Antwerpener

Antwerpen n (genitive Antwerpens)

1. Antwerp (the capital city of Antwerp province, Belgium)
2. Antwerp (a province of Belgium)