Antwerpen

Antwerpen

1. Alternative form of Antwerp:
   1. A province of Flanders, Belgium, the most populous.
   2. A large city and municipality, the capital of the province of Antwerp, Belgium; the second-largest city in Belgium.
   • 1792, W[illiam] Perks, The Youth’s General Introduction to Guthrie’s Geography, London: […] the Author: and sold by Messrs. Robinson, […]; and Scatcherd and Whitaker, […], page 218:

     A biſhopric. 26 m. almoſt SW from Antwerpen, and 30 NW from Bruſſels.

   • 2010, Billy Ehn, Orvar Löfgren, The Secret World of Doing Nothing, Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 131:

     During the retreat from Antwerpen in the face of the rapidly advancing German army Julien has lost the thesis that he had planned to submit to the university, but now he has a great idea.

   • 2021, Marc Gordon Blainey, Christ Returns from the Jungle: Ayahuasca Religion as Mystical Healing, Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, →ISBN:

     Astrid is a thirty-nine-year-old receptionist from Antwerpen province who has been attending Daime works since 2006.

Antwerpen

1. Antwerp (a province of Flanders, Belgium, the most populous)
2. Antwerp (a large city and municipality, the capital of the province of Antwerp, Belgium; the second-largest city in Belgium)

From Middle Dutch Antwerpen, apparently from Medieval Latin Antwerpo, which, if of Germanic origin, like Frankish or Old Frisian, could be from Proto-West Germanic *anda- (“against”) + a noun derived from *werpan (“to throw”), meaning something like "land thrown up at something, "alluvial deposit."^[1]

Folk etymology derived it from handwerpen (“hand-throwing”), from hand + werpen, referring to a giant in Flemish legend named Antigoon, said to sever and fling the hands of any boatmen of the Scheldt who did not pay his toll.^[2] More at Antwerp.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑntˌʋɛr.pə(n)/

• Audio (Belgium):

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• Audio (Netherlands):

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• Hyphenation: Ant‧wer‧pen

Antwerpen n

1. Antwerp (a large city and municipality, the capital of the province of Antwerp, Belgium; the second-largest city in Belgium)

   Meronyms: Berchem, Berendrecht-Zandvliet-Lillo, Borgerhout, Deurne, Ekeren, Hoboken, Merksem, Wilrijk

2. Antwerp (a province of Flanders, Belgium, the most populous)

   Laten we naar Antwerpen gaan. — Let's go to Antwerp.

   Meronyms: Aartselaar, Antwerpen, Arendonk, Baarle-Hertog, Balen, Beerse, Berlaar, Boechout, Bonheiden, Boom, Bornem, Borsbeek, Brasschaat, Brecht, Dessel, Duffel, Edegem, Essen, Geel, Grobbendonk, Heist-op-den-Berg, Hemiksem, Herentals, Herenthout, Herselt, Hoogstraten, Hove, Hulshout, Kalmthout, Kapellen, Kasterlee, Kontich, Laakdal, Lier, Lille, Lint, Malle, Mechelen, Meerhout, Merksplas, Mol, Mortsel, Niel, Nijlen, Olen, Oud-Turnhout, Putte, Puurs-Sint-Amands, Ranst, Ravels, Retie, Rijkevorsel, Rumst, Schelle, Schilde, Schoten, Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Stabroek, Turnhout, Vorselaar, Vosselaar, Westerlo, Wijnegem, Willebroek, Wommelgem, Wuustwezel, Zandhoven, Zoersel, Zwijndrecht

• Antwerpenaar
• Antwerps

From Dutch Antwerpen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑntwerp(ː)en/, [ˈɑ̝n̪.t̪we̞rp(ː)e̞n]
• Rhymes: -ɑntwerpen
• Syllabification^(key): Ant‧wer‧pen
• Hyphenation^(key): Ant‧wer‧pen

Antwerpen

1. Antwerp (a province of Flanders, Belgium, the most populous)
2. Antwerp (a large city and municipality, the capital of the province of Antwerp, Belgium; the second-largest city in Belgium)

• antwerpeniläinen (“Antwerpian”)

• IPA^(key): /antˈvɛʁpm̩/

• Audio:

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Antwerpen n (proper noun, genitive Antwerpens or (optionally with an article) Antwerpen)

1. Antwerp (a province of Flanders, Belgium, the most populous)
2. Antwerp (a large city and municipality, the capital of the province of Antwerp, Belgium; the second-largest city in Belgium)

• Brügge, Brüssel, Gent, Hasselt, Löwen, Mecheln

• Antwerpener
  • Antwerpenerin

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Antwerpen

1. Antwerp (a city in modern Belgium)

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• Dutch: Antwerpen

• “Antwerpen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000

Antwerpen n (genitive Antwerpens)

1. Antwerp (a province of Flanders, Belgium, the most populous)
2. Antwerp (a large city and municipality, the capital of the province of Antwerp, Belgium; the second-largest city in Belgium)