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Niel
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niel
English
thumb|a civilian's row house at the Sint-Hubertus nl plein
Etymology
(town): Borrowed from en nl Niel.
(surname): Borrowed from en fr Niel.
Pronunciation
nēl, en /niːl/
en en-us-kneel.ogg US
en iːl 1
en Kneel Neal Neil
Proper noun
A town on the river Rupel in the southwest of the Belgian province of Antwerp.
en French.
Translations
Flemish town
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 尼尔 Ni'er
Further reading
niel
Anagrams
en eiln LEIN LINE Line Neil Nile lien line
Dutch
nl:
Etymology
Possibly from the medieval word niel meaning "thrown face-down in the depths", from the Germanic nihwulia or niwaialho (meaning: "headlong, downward"). Furthermore, places with "Niel" in their names have been shown to invariably be lower-lying
Pronunciation
nl Nl-Niel.ogg
nl [nil]
Proper noun
town on the river Rupel in the southwest of the Belgian province of Antwerp
French
Etymology
In France, most prevalent in Seine-Maritime.
Pronunciation
fr nielle
Proper noun
mf
fr French Niel
Descendants
en Niel
References
Further reading
niel
Slovak
Pronunciation
Niel 1
Proper noun
sk proper noun form
sk Nela gen p