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Deventer
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English
Proper noun
en city p/Overijssel c/Netherlands.
en municipality p/Overijssel c/Netherlands.
Dutch
thumb|right|Location map of Deventer in The Netherlands (Overijssel in dark grey)
Etymology
First attested as dauentre in 840-849. Etymology nl 1. Perhaps derived from an ancient Celtic hydronym or a compound of either odt daf dead or odt *Dafa a personal name and odt *threo tree. Compare en Daventry.
See also nds-nl Daeventer.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈdeː.vən.tər/
nl De ven ter
Proper noun
n
nl Deventer city/and/municipality/Overijssel c/Netherlands
nl Koekstad Moskou aan de IJssel Stokvissengat nickname pejorative nickname Carnival nickname
nl Apenhuizen Averlo Bathmen Colmschate De Bannink Diepenveen Dortherhoek Frieswijk Lettele Linde Loo Molenbelt Okkenbroek Oude Molen Oxe Pieriksmars Rande Schalkhaar Snipperling Tjoene Zuidloo
Derived terms
nl Deventenaar
nl Deventers
References
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