Boxmeer

Dutch edit

Alternative forms edit

Bóksmér (dialect spelling)

Etymology edit

First attested as mere in 1271. Compound of the surname Buch and meer (“lake”), used here in the rarer sense of "cut-off bend of a river". The interpretation of the second element as Middle Dutch meer (“marker, boundary marker”) is less likely.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /bɔksˈmeːr/
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Hyphenation: Box‧meer
Rhymes: -eːr

Proper noun edit

Boxmeer n

A village and former municipality of Land van Cuijk, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
Synonym: Boksmèr (Carnival nickname)

Derived terms edit

References edit

van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN