Zutphen
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Zutphen
- A city in Gelderland, Netherlands.
- A municipality of Gelderland, Netherlands.
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Etymology edit
First attested as sutphem in 1101. Etymology uncertain. Potentially derived from a compound of Old Dutch sūth (“south-, southern”) and either fene (“peat bog, fen”) or fenne (“pasture, swampland”).
See also Dutch Low Saxon Zutfent.
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Zutphen n
- Zutphen (a city and municipality of Gelderland, Netherlands).
- Meronyms: Bronsbergen, De Hoven, Leesten, Warken, Warnsveld