Euskirchen

German

Etymology

From Old High German Auelskirchen, Auskirchen (literally “church on the floodplain”), from ouwa (“floodplain”) (modern German Aue) + kirihha (“church”) (modern German Kirche).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɔɪ̯skɪʁçn̩/
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  • Hyphenation: Eus‧kir‧chen

Proper noun

Euskirchen n (proper noun, genitive Euskirchens or (optionally with an article) Euskirchen)

  1. A town and rural district of North Rhine-Westphalia
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