Oranje
See also: oranje
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Oranje
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Etymology edit
From Middle French Orange, which later became associated with the colour oranje (“orange”).
The village in Drenthe is first attested as Oranje in 1936. It was named after a nearby potato flour factory, which was named in turn after the nearby Oranjekanaal canal. Compare Oranjedorp.
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Oranje m (plural Oranjes)
- a member of the Dutch royal family
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Oranje n
- The house of Orange, Orange-Nassau
- (historical) Orange, a principality in France, historically one of the primary fiefs of the house of Orange-Nassau
- Synonym: Orange
- A village in Midden-Drenthe, Drenthe, Netherlands.
- (sports) a national sports team of the Netherlands, especially the soccer team
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References edit
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN