Gassel

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • Gààsel (dialect form)

Etymology

First attested as gassel in 1306. Likely a compound of Old Dutch gast (“guest”) and sale (“hall”), here referring to an inn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣɑ.səl/
  • Hyphenation: Gas‧sel
  • Rhymes: -ɑsəl

Proper noun

Gassel n

  1. a village and former municipality of Land van Cuijk, North Brabant, Netherlands
    Synonym: Ezelrijk (Carnival nickname)

Derived terms

References

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