Dronten

English

Proper noun

Dronten

1. A village in Flevoland, Netherlands.
2. A municipality of Flevoland, Netherlands.

Anagrams

• on trend, tendron

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Dronten in 1950. Named after a former area near Kampen, which in turn probably derives from Middle Dutch dronten (“swell up, rise up”), here referring to alluvial land.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɔn.tə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: Dron‧ten
• Rhymes: -ɔntən

Proper noun

Dronten n

1. Dronten (a village and municipality of Flevoland, Netherlands).

   Meronyms: Biddinghuizen, Ketelhaven, Roggebotsluis, Swifterbant

Derived terms

• Drontenaar
• Dronter
• Drontermeer

References

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

German

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Noun

Dronten

1. plural of Dronte