Arnhem

Arnhem

1. A city, municipality, and capital of Gelderland, Netherlands.

• Ehrman, Hamner, Herman, Mehran, Rehman

• Ernem (dialect spelling)

First attested as arneym in 893. Compound derived from Old Dutch Aro (“a personal name”) or Arn (“a personal name”) (both deriving in turn from Proto-Germanic *arnu- (“eagle”)) and heem (“home, settlement”).

The surname is derived from the toponym.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑr.nɛm/

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• Hyphenation: Arn‧hem

Arnhem n

1. Arnhem (a city, municipality, and capital of Gelderland, Netherlands).

   Meronyms: De Praets, Elden, Schaarsbergen, Terlet, 't Vlot

2. a habitational surname

• Arnhemmer
• Arnhems
• Arnhemse Broek
• van Arnhem, van Aarnhem

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