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Boxmeer
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Dutch
Alternative forms
nl Bóksmér dialect spelling
Etymology
First attested as mere in 1271. Compound of the surname nl Buch and nl meer lake, used here in the rarer sense of "cut-off bend of a river". The interpretation of the second element as nl dum meer marker, boundary marker is less likely.
Pronunciation
nl /bɔksˈmeːr/
nl Nl-Boxmeer.ogg
nl Box meer
nl eːr 2
Proper noun
n
nl village/and/former municipality mun/Land van Cuijk p/North Brabant c/Netherlands
nl Boksmèr<qq:Carnival nickname>
Derived terms
nl Boxmeerder
nl Boxmeers
References