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Etten-Leur
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from en nl Etten-Leur.
Proper noun
1
en town/and/municipality p/North Brabant c/Netherlands.
Dutch
Etymology
Compound of nl Etten Leur, the names of the villages that grew into the town. Etten is first attested as etthen in 1233. Leur is first attested as loersche vaart in 1405. Etten is of unknown etymology. Leur may be cognate with dum lore worthless thing, rubbish, here referring to the poor quality of the turf around the village. Compare for Etten nl Attelaken, nl Eethen and nl Etten. Compare for Leur nl Leur and nl Leurke.
The municipality was formerly called nl Etten en Leur.
Pronunciation
nl /ˌɛ.tə(n)ˈløːr/
nl Nl-Etten-Leur.ogg
nl Et ten-Leur
nl øːr 3
Proper noun
n
nl town/and/municipality p/North Brabant c/Netherlands
nl Stijlorenrijk<qq:Etten, Carnival nickname> 't Zwaajgat<qq:Leur, Carnival nickname>
nl Attelaken Bankenstraat Haansberg Klappenberg Wildert Zandspui Zwartenberg
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