Waalre
Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
- Woldere (dialect form)
Etymology edit
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”).
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Proper noun edit
Waalre n
- A village and municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands.
- Synonym: Keiengat (Carnival nickname)
- Meronyms: Aalst, Achtereind, Ekenrooi, Heikant, Heuvel, Loon, Timmereind
Derived terms edit
References edit
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN