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Bijlmermeer
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English
Proper noun
en neighbourhood/and/former municipality city/Amsterdam p/North Holland c/Netherlands
nl Bijlmer Bims nickname
Translations
neighbourhood of Amsterdam
Dutch: nl Bijlermermeer
Sranan Tongo: srn Bemre, srn Bimre
Dutch
nl:
Etymology
From nl Bijlmer a former village meer lake. The toponym Bijlmer derives from a contraction of nl odt bindel connection, link and odt mere lake. The meaning of the toponym was gradually forgotten, and the element nl meer was appended as a result.
Pronunciation
nl /ˌbɛi̯l.mərˈmeːr/
nl Bijl mer meer
nl eːr 3
Proper noun
n
nl en Bijlmermeer neighbourhood/and/former municipality city/Amsterdam p/North Holland c/Netherlands
nl Bijlmer Bims nickname
Derived terms
nl Bijlmermeerder
Descendants
en Bijlmermeer 1
srn Bimre 1
References
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