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Groot-Welsden
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Dutch
Etymology
Potentially attested as in welpesdale in 1196, attested with certainty as welpesdael in 1224. Derived from a compound of either nl welp cub, young wolf or nl dum Welp a personal name and nl dal dale, valley prefixed with nl groot great, big. The element nl groot was added to distinguish the settlement from nl Klein-Welsden.
See also li Groeët-Welsde.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈɣroːt ˈʋɛls.də(n)/
nl Groot- Wels den
nl ɛlsdən 3
Proper noun
n
nl hamlet mun/Eijsden-Margraten p/Limburg c/Netherlands
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