Baarle-Nassau
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English
Proper noun
- A town and municipality in North Brabant province, Netherlands, adjacent to Baarle-Hertog, Belgium.
Usage notes
Baarle-Nassau is unusual in having 22 exclaves of Baarle-Hertog within it, of varying sizes: see Wikipedia for details.
Dutch
Alternative forms
- Baol (dialect form)
Etymology
Potentially attested as barle in 1237, attested with certainty as barle in 1260. Compound of a toponym derived from Middle Dutch baer (“barren, infertile”) and lo (“light forest”) suffixed with Nassau. The element Nassau was added to distinguish the settlement from Baarle-Hertog. Compare Baal, Baarlo, Bahr, Barlo and Hoog-Baarlo.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Baarle-Nassau n
- A village and municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands
- Synonym: Smokkelgat (Carnival nickname)
- Meronyms: Boschhoven, Castelré, Driehuizen, Eikelenbosch, Gorpeind, Groot-Bedaf, Heesboom, Heikant, Het Goordonk, Hoogeind, Huisvennen, Keizershoek, Klein-Bedaf, Liefkenshoek, Loveren, Maaijkant, Nieuwe Strumpt, Nijhoven, Oude Strumpt, Reth, Reuth, Schaluinen, Tommel, Veldbraak, Voske, Ulicoten
Derived terms
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN