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Krimpen aan den IJssel
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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as duabus villis que crimpen nuncupantur, sitis super meruede et super yssel in 1277. Derived from a term cognate to osx krampo hook, dum krampe hook and the hydronym nl IJssel. The toponym contrasts with nl Krimpen aan de Lek.
Pronunciation
nl Nl-Krimpen aan den IJssel.ogg
nl Krim pen aan den IJs sel
Proper noun
Krimpen aan den IJssel n
nl town/and/municipality p/South Holland c/Netherlands
nl Boveneind
Derived terms
nl Krimpenaar Krimpener Krimpens
References
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