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Roermond
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English
Etymology
From en nl Roermond.
Proper noun
en city/and/municipality p/Limburg c/Netherlands.
Translations
city in the Netherlands
Dutch: nl Roermond n
French: fr Ruremonde
Hindi: hi रूरमॉण्ड
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as de Ruremunde in the mid-12th century. Compound of the hydronym nl Roer (derived from either a Germanic root cognate with osx hrôra movement, ang hrôr motile, lively and modern nl roeren stir or from nl ine-pro *reu- dig with suffixed -r)ine-pro Can someone correct the form of this PIE root? and nl mond mouth. The interpretation of nl mond as a derivation from nl odt munte mountain, refuge hill (cf. nl Urmond) is incorrect.
See also li Remunj.
Pronunciation
nl /ruːrˈmɔnt/
nl Nl-Roermond.ogg
nl Roer mond
nl ɔnt 2
Proper noun
n
nl Roermond city/and/municipality p/Limburg c/Netherlands
nl Aan de Rijksweg Asenray Asselt Boukoul De Weerd Einde Heide Herten Leeuwen Maalbroek Maasniel Merum Ool Spik Straat Swalmen Thuserhof Wieler
Derived terms
nl Roermondenaar
nl Roermonds
References
roermond
German
Alternative forms
de Rurmond Rurmund Rurmünde ; Roermund Roermünde ; Ruhrmond Ruhrmund Ruhrmünde all archaic
Etymology
From Ripuarian de gmh Roremunde, gmh Ruremunde, from de dum -. The contemporary form and spelling after Modern de nl Roermond. Equivalent to de Rur the Rur river Mund mouth. The river was often spelt de Roer in German until the earlier 20th century.
Pronunciation
de /ʁuːɐ̯ˈmɔnt/ spelling pronunciations also /ʁoːɐ̯-/ /ʁøːɐ̯-/
de De-Roermond.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
toponym
de town p/Limburg c/Netherlands