Meteren

Dutch edit

Alternative forms edit

Métere (dialect form)

Etymology edit

Potentially attested as methre in 1133, attested with certainty as meteren in 1265. Etymology uncertain. Of non-Germanic origins. One proposed etymology connects the toponym to Proto-Celtic *mater (“mother, river deity”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈmeː.tə.rə(n)/
Hyphenation: Me‧te‧ren
Rhymes: -eːtərən

Proper noun edit

Meteren n

A village in West Betuwe, Gelderland, Netherlands.

Derived terms edit

References edit

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