Hilversum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Hilversum.

Proper noun

Hilversum

A municipality of North Holland, Netherlands.

Translations

city in North Holland

Arabic: هيلفرسوم (haylafrsum)
Dutch: Hilversum (nl) n
French: Hilversum (fr)
Georgian: ჰილვერსუმი (hilversumi)
Greek: Χίλφερσουμ (Chílfersoum)
Japanese: ヒルフェルスム (Hiruferusumu)
West Frisian: Hilfertsom

Anagrams

livermush

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as hilfercem in 1305. Compound of Middle Dutch Hilfert (“a personal name”) and heem (“home, settlement”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɦɪl.vər.sʏm/
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Hyphenation: Hil‧ver‧sum

Proper noun

Hilversum n

Hilversum (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands) without city rights.
Meronyms: Egelshoek, Hilversumse Meent

Derived terms

Hilversummer
Hilversums
Hilversumse Meent

References

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

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