Drenthe
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From Dutch Drenthe, see below.
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Drenthe
- A province in the northeastern Netherlands with Assen as capital and Emmen as largest city.
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- (Provinces of the Netherlands) provinces of the Netherlands; Drenthe, Flevoland, Friesland, Gelderland, Groningen, Limburg, North Brabant, North Holland, Overijssel, South Holland, Utrecht, Zeeland (Category: en:Provinces of the Netherlands)
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Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch [Term?], from late Old Dutch Drente, from earlier Old Dutch Thrente, from Old Dutch Thriente, from Old Dutch Thrianta (also Old Dutch Threant), from *thrie (“three”) + *hant-. Beware that these attestations come to us via copies of Latin texts, and may therefore be affected by transcription errors and phonological adaptation. De Vries thought *hant- means community or part of the area where a people live; if so that would mean that Drenthe originally consisted of just three dingspelen (“judicial areas”) rather than the six it has had since our earliest records. Compare Twente. Attested both with and without h from early Modern Dutch; the form with h is now standard, although this doesn't affect the pronunciation.
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Drenthe n
- Drenthe, a province of the Netherlands.
- Meronyms: Aa en Hunze, Assen, Borger-Odoorn, Coevorden, De Wolden, Emmen, Hoogeveen, Meppel, Midden-Drenthe, Noordenveld, Tynaarlo, Westerveld
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- (Provinces of the Netherlands) Provincies van Nederland; Drenthe, Flevoland, Friesland, Gelderland, Groningen, Limburg, Noord-Brabant, Noord-Holland, Overijssel, Zuid-Holland, Utrecht, Zeeland (Category: nl:Provinces of the Netherlands)
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Drenthe f
- Drenthe (a province of the Netherlands)
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- (Provinces of the Netherlands) Provinces des Pays-Bas; Brabant-Septentrional, Drenthe, Flevoland, Frise, Gueldre, Groningue, Hollande-Septentrionale, Hollande-Méridionale, Limbourg, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zélande (Category: fr:Provinces of the Netherlands)
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Drenthe n (indeclinable)
- Drenthe (a province of the Netherlands)
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- (Provinces of the Netherlands) Prowincje Niderlandów; Brabancja Północna, Drenthe, Flevoland, Fryzja, Geldria, Groningen, Holandia Południowa, Holandia Północna, Limburgia, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zelandia (Category: pl:Provinces of the Netherlands)
Further reading edit
- Drenthe in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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Drenthe f
- Drenthe (a province of the Netherlands)