Meppel
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English
Proper noun
Meppel
- A city in Drenthe, Netherlands.
- A municipality of Drenthe, Netherlands.
Dutch
Etymology
Potentially attested as meppele in 1141, attested with certainty as apud mappele in 1298-1304. Etymology unknown. Unlikely to be cognate to English maple, Old Saxon mapulder (“maple tree”). It is uncertain whether the element lo (“light forest”) is present in the toponym. Compare Meppen and Meppen.
See also Dutch Low Saxon Möppelt.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Meppel n
- Meppel (a city and municipality of Drenthe, Netherlands)
- Synonym: Mokum van het Noorden (nickname)
- Meronyms: Broekhuizen, De Kolk, De Schiphorst, Kolderveen, Kolderveense Bovenboer, Nijentap, Nijeveen, Nijeveense Bovenboer, Rogat
- Liever dood in een greppel dan wonen in Meppel. (colloquial quip)
- One'd rather lie dead in a ditch than live in Meppel.
Derived terms
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “meppel”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN