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Nijvelaar
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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as ijvelaer in 1472. Compound of dialectal nl ijf yew, Taxus sp. and nl laar intensively cultivated forest. The initial n developed as a result of an inflected form of the definite article nl de being contracted into the toponym.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈnɛi̯.vəˌlaːr/
nl Nij ve laar
Proper noun
n
nl hamlet mun/Sint-Michielsgestel p/North Brabant c/Netherlands
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