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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as mere in 1271. Compound of the surname Buch and meer (“lake”), used here in the rarer sense of "cut-off bend of a river". The interpretation of the second element as Middle Dutch meer (“marker, boundary marker”) is less likely.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔksˈmeːr/
- Hyphenation: Box‧meer
- Rhymes: -eːr
Proper noun
Boxmeer n
- A village and former municipality of Land van Cuijk, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
- Synonym: Boksmèr (Carnival nickname)
Derived terms
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN