Utrecht

From Dutch Utrecht, from Middle Dutch and Old Dutch variants of ūt (“out, outside”) + Latin Trāiectum ad Rhēnum (“Crossing-on-the-Rhine”), the Roman fort at the location, from trāicere (“to cross, to send across”), from trāns- (“trans-: through, across”) + iacere (“to throw”).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈjuˌtɹɛkt/, /ˈjuˌtɹɛxt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /juːˈtɹɛxt/

Utrecht

1. A city, the capital of Utrecht province, Netherlands.

   The Treaty of Utrecht (11 April 1713) recognized Anne as the rightful queen of England and yielded St Kitts and much of Canada to the English.

2. A municipality of Utrecht, Netherlands.
3. A province of the Netherlands.

• (Provinces of the Netherlands) provinces of the Netherlands; Drenthe, Flevoland, Friesland, Gelderland, Groningen, Limburg, North Brabant, North Holland, Overijssel, South Holland, Utrecht, Zeeland ^{(Category: en:Provinces of the Netherlands)}

• chutter

Borrowed from Dutch Utrecht.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [uˈtɾɛχt]

Utrecht m

1. Utrecht (a city in the Netherlands)

• Utregt, Utert, Uitrecht, Uitregt, Uitert (obsolete)
• Utreg, Utrech (dialect spelling)

From Middle Dutch utrecht, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Old Dutch ūt (“outside”) + Latin Traiectum, the name of the original Roman fort around which the city was built, a name meaning "crossing," from the verb traicio (“I go across, transfer”).[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈy.trɛxt/
• (Utrecht, Limburg) IPA^(key): /ˈy.trɛx/

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• Hyphenation: Utrecht

Utrecht n

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

   Synonyms: Domstad (nickname), 030 (nickname), Utje (nickname), Leemput (Carnival nickname)

   Meronyms: Alendorp, Blauwkapel, De Meern, Haarzuilens, Lage Haar, Nedereindseweg, Ockhuizen, Oudenrijn, Rijnenburg, Stadsdam, Themaat, Veldhuizen, Vleuten

2. Utrecht (a province of the Netherlands).

   Meronyms: Amersfoort, Baarn, Bunnik, Bunschoten, De Bilt, De Ronde Venen, Eemnes, Houten, IJsselstein, Leusden, Lopik, Montfoort, Nieuwegein, Oudewater, Renswoude, Rhenen, Soest, Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, Utrechtse Heuvelrug, Veenendaal, Vijfheerenlanden, Wijk bij Duurstede, Woerden, Woudenberg, Zeist

• → English: Utrecht velvet
• → French: velours d’Utrecht
• → Portuguese: Utreque
• → Chinese: → 烏得勒支／乌得勒支 (Wūdélèzhī) (transliteration)

• Nedersticht
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• (Provinces of the Netherlands) Provincies van Nederland; Drenthe, Flevoland, Friesland, Gelderland, Groningen, Limburg, Noord-Brabant, Noord-Holland, Overijssel, Zuid-Holland, Utrecht, Zeeland ^{(Category: nl:Provinces of the Netherlands)}

Borrowed from Dutch Utrecht.

• IPA^(key): /y.tʁɛkt/

Utrecht f

1. Utrecht (a province of the Netherlands)
2. Utrecht (a city and capital of Utrecht, Netherlands)

• (Provinces of the Netherlands) Provinces des Pays-Bas; Brabant-Septentrional, Drenthe, Flevoland, Frise, Gueldre, Groningue, Hollande-Septentrionale, Hollande-Méridionale, Limbourg, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zélande ^{(Category: fr:Provinces of the Netherlands)}

• Ütrecht (dated)

Borrowed from Dutch Utrecht.

• IPA^(key): /ˈyː.tʁɛçt/
• IPA^(key): /ˈuː.tʁɛçt/, /ˈʊt.ʁɛçt/ (spelling pronunciations, rare in educated speech)

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Utrecht n (proper noun, genitive Utrechts or (optionally with an article) Utrecht)

1. Utrecht (a city in the Netherlands)

• Utrechter

Borrowed from Dutch Utrecht.

• IPA^(key): /ˈut.rɛxt/
• Rhymes: -utrɛxt
• Syllabification: Ut‧recht

Utrecht m inan

1. Utrecht (a province of the Netherlands)
2. Utrecht (a city and capital of Utrecht, Netherlands)

• (Provinces of the Netherlands) Prowincje Niderlandów; Brabancja Północna, Drenthe, Flevoland, Fryzja, Geldria, Groningen, Holandia Południowa, Holandia Północna, Limburgia, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zelandia ^{(Category: pl:Provinces of the Netherlands)}

• Utrecht in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch Utrecht.

Utrecht

1. Alternative form of Utreque

Borrowed from Dutch Utrecht.

Utrecht m

1. Utrecht (a province of the Netherlands)
2. Utrecht (a city and capital of Utrecht, Netherlands)