Nijmegen

English

Alternative forms

• Nimmegen (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Nijmegen.

Proper noun

Nijmegen

1. A city in Gelderland, Netherlands.
2. A municipality of Gelderland, Netherlands.

Translations

city in the Netherlands

• Arabic: نَيْمِيخِن (naymīḵen)
• Dutch: Nijmegen (nl) n
• Esperanto: Nimego
• French: Nimègue (fr)
• Georgian: ნეიმეგენი (neimegeni)
• German: Nimwegen
• Italian: Nimega
• Old Saxon: Niumagan n
• Polish: Nijmegen n
• Portuguese: Nijmegen f
• Spanish: Nimega (es) f
• Walloon: Nîmegue
• West Flemish: Nymeegn n

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Nimmegen, Nimwegen (largely obsolete)
• Nimwèège (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch Nieumeghen, Nimeghen, from Latin Noviomagus, the short form of Ulpia Noviomagus Batavōrum. Compare Neumagen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛi̯ˌmeː.ɣə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: Nij‧me‧gen

Proper noun

Nijmegen n

1. Nijmegen (a city and municipality of Gelderland, Netherlands)

   Synonyms: Nimma (slang, nickname), Havana aan de Waal (nickname), Moskou aan de Waal (nickname), Keizerstad (nickname), Knotsenburg (Carnival nickname)

   Meronyms: Koudenhoek, Lent, Ooyse Schependom

Derived terms

• Nijmegenaar
• Nijmeegs

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “nijmegen”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Nimegue, Nimega (dated)

Proper noun

Nijmegen f

1. Nijmegen (a city in the Netherlands)