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English
Etymology
From Dutch Oranje.
Proper noun
Oranje
- Netherlands national football team
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle French Orange, which later became associated with the colour oranje (“orange”).
The village in Drenthe is first attested as Oranje in 1936. It was named after a nearby potato flour factory, which was named in turn after the nearby Oranjekanaal canal. Compare Oranjedorp.
Pronunciation
Noun
Oranje m (plural Oranjes)
- a member of the Dutch royal family
Proper noun
Oranje n
- the house of Orange, Orange-Nassau
- (historical) Orange, a principality in France, historically one of the primary fiefs of the house of Orange-Nassau
- Synonym: Orange
- A village in Midden-Drenthe, Drenthe, Netherlands
- (sports) a national sports team of the Netherlands, especially the soccer team
Derived terms
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN