Aalst

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɑlst/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɑːlst/

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• Rhymes: -ɑlst, -ɑːlst

Aalst

1. A city in East Flanders, Belgium.
2. Any of a number of towns in Belgium or the Netherlands.

• AASLT, Atlas, Salta, atlas, salat, talas

• Aolst (North Brabant, dialect form)

• (Zaltbommel) First attested as in uilla halosta around 850. Etymology uncertain. A proposed derivation from els (“alder, Alnus”) with collectivising suffix -t does not match well with old attestations of the toponym. Potentially derived from Proto-Germanic *alhust (“dwelling place, shrine”). Compare Elst, Maasniel, Nieuwaal, Niel, Niel-bij-As, Nivele and Waldniel.
• (Noord-Brabant) First attested as alst in 1281. Etymology uncertain. The formerly widespread hypothesis of a derivation from els (“alder, Alnus”) with collectivising suffix -t is no longer considered plausible. Potentially derived from Proto-Germanic *alhust (“dwelling place, shrine”). Compare Elst, Maasniel, Nieuwaal, Niel, Niel-bij-As, Nivele and Waldniel.
• (Buren) First attested as aelst around 1400. Etymology uncertain. A proposed derivation from els (“alder, Alnus”) with collectivising suffix -t does not match well with old attestations of the toponym. Potentially derived from Proto-Germanic *alhust (“dwelling place, shrine”). Compare Elst, Maasniel, Nieuwaal, Niel, Niel-bij-As, Nivele and Waldniel.

• IPA^(key): /aːlst/

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• Hyphenation: Aalst
• Rhymes: -aːlst

Aalst n

1. a city and municipality of East Flanders, Belgium

   Meronyms: Baardegem, Erembodgem, Gijzegem, Herdersem, Hofstade, Meldert, Moorsel, Nieuwerkerken

2. a village and former municipality of Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Netherlands
3. a village and former municipality of Waalre, North Brabant, Netherlands

   Synonym: Ballegat (Carnival nickname)

4. a village in Flemish Brabant, Belgium
5. a hamlet in Buren, Gelderland, Netherlands

• Aalstenaar
• Aalsts

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

• laast, slaat, staal