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Dutch
Etymology
Potentially attested as widemortele in 1263, attested with certainty as Memortel in 1838-1857. If the oldest attestation does in fact refer to the current settlement, then the toponym is a compound derived from Middle Dutch wede (“forest, brushwood”) and mortel (“low-lying muddy place”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meːˈmɔr.təl/
- Hyphenation: Mee‧mor‧tel
- Rhymes: -ɔrtəl
Proper noun
Meemortel n
- A hamlet in Cranendonck, North Brabant, Netherlands
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN