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Meppel
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English
Proper noun
en city p/Drenthe c/Netherlands.
en municipality p/Drenthe c/Netherlands.
Dutch
Etymology
Potentially attested as meppele in 1141, attested with certainty as apud mappele in 1298-1304. Etymology nl unknown. Unlikely to be cognate to en maple, osx mapulder maple tree. It is uncertain whether the element nl lo light forest is present in the toponym. Compare nl Meppen and de Meppen.
See also nds-nl Möppelt.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈmɛ.pəl/
nl Mep pel
nl ɛpəl 2
Proper noun
n
nl Meppel city/and/municipality p/Drenthe c/Netherlands
nl Mokum van het Noorden nickname
nl Broekhuizen De Kolk De Schiphorst Kolderveen Kolderveense Bovenboer Nijentap Nijeveen Nijeveense Bovenboer Rogat
nl Liever dood in een greppel dan wonen in Meppel. colloquial quip One'd rather lie dead in a ditch than live in Meppel.
Derived terms
nl Meppelaar
nl Meppels
nl Meppelerdiep
nl Meppeler mug
References
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