Waalre

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Woldere (dialect form)

Etymology

First attested as waetriloe in 704. Compound of an uncertain first element and lo (“light forest”). The first element has been variously interpreted as Old Dutch weder (“ram”), a compound of Middle Dutch wede (“forest, brushwood”) and aard (“farmland”) and wad (“crossing, ford”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋaːl.rə/

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• Hyphenation: Waal‧re

Proper noun

Waalre n

1. A village and municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands.

   Synonym: Keiengat (Carnival nickname)

   Meronyms: Aalst, Achtereind, Ekenrooi, Heikant, Heuvel, Loon, Timmereind

Derived terms

• Waalrenaar
• Waalres

References

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