Baarle-Nassau
English edit
Proper noun edit
- A town and municipality in North Brabant province, Netherlands, adjacent to Baarle-Hertog, Belgium.
Usage notes edit
Baarle-Nassau is unusual in having 22 exclaves of Baarle-Hertog within it, of varying sizes: see Wikipedia for details.
Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
- Baol (dialect form)
Etymology edit
Potentially attested as barle in 1237, attested with certainty as barle in 1260. Compound of a toponym derived from Middle Dutch baer (“barren, infertile”) and lo (“light forest”) suffixed with Nassau. The element Nassau was added to distinguish the settlement from Baarle-Hertog. Compare Baal, Baarlo, Bahr, Barlo and Hoog-Baarlo.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Baarle-Nassau n
- A village and municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands.
- Synonym: Smokkelgat (Carnival nickname)
- Meronyms: Boschhoven, Castelré, Driehuizen, Eikelenbosch, Gorpeind, Groot-Bedaf, Heesboom, Heikant, Het Goordonk, Hoogeind, Huisvennen, Keizershoek, Klein-Bedaf, Liefkenshoek, Loveren, Maaijkant, Nieuwe Strumpt, Nijhoven, Oude Strumpt, Reth, Reuth, Schaluinen, Tommel, Veldbraak, Voske, Ulicoten
Derived terms edit
References edit
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN