Altena

English Proper noun en municipality p/North Brabant c/Netherlands. en town s/North Rhine-Westphalia c/Germany. Dutch nl: Etymology (Noord-Brabant) From nl dum Altena, dum Holtena (among other spellings), from an nl odt - term which is only attested as Latinized la Huoltena, the name of a river probably deriving from nl gem-pro *hultą wood + gem-pro *ahwō water, river; thus equivalent to nl hout + nl a. (Drenthe) First attested as de altena in 1143, 1145 and 1167. Compound of nl al much, nl te too and nl na close. The toponym contrasts with nl Alteveer. Compare nl Matena, nl Nauerna and nl Nergena. See also nds-nl Altenao. (Zeeland) nl The surname derives from one of several toponyms. Pronunciation nl /ˈɑl.tə.naː/ nl Nl-Altena.ogg nl Al te na Proper noun n nl Altena municipality p/North Brabant c/Netherlands nl Almkerk Andel Babyloniënbroek Biesheuvel Bronkhorst Buurtje Drongelen Duizend Morgen Dussen Eethen Eng Genderen Giessen Hank Hill Hoekeinde Keizersveer Kerkeinde Kievitswaard Kille Korn Meeuwen Moleneind Nieuwendijk Oudendijk Peerenboom Rijswijk Schans Sleeuwijk Spijk Stenenheul Steurgat 't Zand Uitwijk Uppel Veen Vierbannen Vijcie Waardhuizen Werkendam Wijk en Aalburg Woudrichem Zandwijk nl village mun/Noordenveld p/Drenthe c/Netherlands nl hamlet mun/Terneuzen p/Zeeland c/Netherlands nl Derived terms nl Land van Altena References altena