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Oudewater
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English
Proper noun
en town/and/municipality in p:suf/Utrecht c/Netherlands.
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as ovdewatere in 1239. Compound of nl dum out old and dum water water. Originally a hydronym. The hydronym gradually came to be applied to the city; the watercourse it referred to was renamed to nl Linschoten.
Pronunciation
nl Nl-Oudewater.ogg
nl Ou de wa ter
Proper noun
n
nl city/and/municipality p/Utrecht c/Netherlands
nl Uivergein<qq:Carnival nickname>
nl Diemerbroek Hekendorp Hoenkoop Lange Linschoten Papekop Ruigeweide Snelrewaard Tappersheul Vliet
Derived terms
nl Oudewaternaar
nl Oudewaters
References
oudewater