Mechelen

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɛkələn/, /ˈmɛx-/, /-ə/

Proper noun

Mechelen

A city and municipality in Antwerp province, Belgium.

Alternative forms

(dated) Mechlin

Synonyms

(French) Malines

Translations

city

Bulgarian: Мехелен (Mehelen)
Dutch: Mechelen n
Esperanto: Meĥleno
French: Malines (fr)
Italian: Mellina f
Marathi: मेकेलेन (mekelen), मेखेलेन (mekhelen)
Spanish: Malinas (es)

Dutch

Etymology

(Belgium) From earlier Mechgelme, Machele, from Medieval Latin Maclines, from Maslines, from Frankish *Maalinas, ultimately from Old Saxon mahal (“meeting room”), from Proto-West Germanic *maþl (“gathering, speech”). See also Limburgish Mechele.
(Limburg) First attested as mechluns in 1133. Derived from Proto-Germanic *magal (“great, powerful”), related to *mikilaz. Compare Megchelen.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.xə.lə(n)/
Hyphenation: Me‧che‧len
Rhymes: -ɛxələn
Homophone: Megchelen

Proper noun

Mechelen n

A city and municipality of Belgium.
Meronyms: Heffen, Hombeek, Leest, Muizen, Walem
A village in Gulpen-Wittem, Limburg, Netherlands.

Derived terms

Mechelaar
Mechels

References

Mechelen, de heerlijke (1947)
van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

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