Deventer
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Deventer
- A city in Overijssel, Netherlands.
- A municipality of Overijssel, Netherlands.
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Etymology edit
First attested as dauentre in 840-849. Etymology uncertain. Perhaps derived from an ancient Celtic hydronym or a compound of either Old Dutch daf (“dead”) or *Dafa (“a personal name”) and *threo (“tree”). Compare Daventry.
See also Dutch Low Saxon Daeventer.
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Proper noun edit
Deventer n
- Deventer (a city and municipality, an Overijssel in the Netherlands).
- Synonyms: Koekstad (nickname), Moskou aan de IJssel (pejorative nickname), Stokvissengat (Carnival nickname)
- Meronyms: Apenhuizen, Averlo, Bathmen, Colmschate, De Bannink, Diepenveen, Dortherhoek, Frieswijk, Lettele, Linde, Loo, Molenbelt, Okkenbroek, Oude Molen, Oxe, Pieriksmars, Rande, Schalkhaar, Snipperling, Tjoene, Zuidloo
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