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English
Proper noun
Baarn
- A municipality and town in Utrecht province, Netherlands.
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as barne in 1308. The toponym is cognate to Middle Dutch bernen (“burn”) and berne (“fuel”).
Popular etymology holds that the city is named after Verona, but this origin story of the name is not backed up by the oldest attestations of the toponym.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baːrn/, /ˈbaː.rən/
- Hyphenation: Baarn
- Rhymes: -aːrn
Proper noun
Baarn n
- A city and municipality of Utrecht, Netherlands
- Synonym: Het Groene Graf (nickname)
- Meronyms: Eembrugge, Lage Vuursche, Soestdijk
Derived terms
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “baarn”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN