Oranje

From Dutch Oranje

Oranje

1. Netherlands national football team

From Middle French Orange, which later became associated with the colour oranje (“orange”).

The village in Drenthe is first attested as Oranje in 1936. It was named after a nearby potato flour factory, which was named in turn after the nearby Oranjekanaal canal. Compare Oranjedorp.

• IPA^(key): /ˌoːˈrɑ.njə/

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• Hyphenation: Oran‧je
• Rhymes: -ɑnjə
• Homophone: oranje

Oranje m (plural Oranjes)

1. a member of the Dutch royal family

Oranje n

1. The house of Orange, Orange-Nassau
2. (historical) Orange, a principality in France, historically one of the primary fiefs of the house of Orange-Nassau

   Synonym: Orange

3. A village in Midden-Drenthe, Drenthe, Netherlands.
4. (sports) a national sports team of the Netherlands, especially the soccer team

• Oranjeklant
• Oranjekoorts
• Oranjeleeuwin

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