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Walloon
Etymology
Ultimately from Frankish *Harjastalja (“army camp”), possibly via Medieval Latin Charistalius, Harastallius.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Hesta
- Herstal (a municipality of Belgium)
References
- ^ Haubrichs, Wolfgang (2020) “The Multilingualism of the Early Middle Ages: Evidence from Peripheral Regions of the Regnum orientalium Francorum.”, in Robert Gallagher, Edward Roberts, Francesca Tinti, editors, The Languages of Early Medieval Charters: Latin, Germanic Vernaculars, and the Written Word., Leiden, →ISBN, page 85f.
- ^ Gysseling, Maurits (2013), Herstal in the Toponymical Dictionary of Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Northern France and West Germany (before 1226).
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