Bergen op Zoom

From Dutch Bergen op Zoom.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌbɜɹɡən ɑp ˈzoʊm/, /ˌbɛɹɡ-/, /ˌbɜɹx-/, /ˌbɛɹx-/, /-ə -/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌbɜːɡən ɒp ˈzəʊm/, /ˌbɛəɡ-/, /ˌbɜːx-/, /ˌbɛəx-/

Bergen op Zoom

1. A city in North Brabant, Netherlands.
2. A municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands.

• Bergen op Zoom on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Berghen op Soom, Berghen op Zoom (obsolete)

First attested as in villa qui dicitur bergon in 966. Derived from the dative plural form of Old Dutch berga (“hill, elevated place”). The identifying element zoom (“seam, edge”) was added later, possibly to distinguish the city from nearby Steenbergen.

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɛrɣə(n) ɔp ˈsoːm/

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• Hyphenation: Ber‧gen op Zoom
• Rhymes: -oːm

Bergen op Zoom n

1. Bergen op Zoom (a city and municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands).

   Synonym: Krabbegat (Carnival nickname)

   Meronyms: Halsteren, Heihoefke, Heimolen, Kijkuit, Kladde, Klutsdorp, Lepelstraat, Nieuwe Molen, Oude Molen, Slikkenburg, Spinolaberg, Vetterik, Vrederust, Waterkant, Zuidgeest

• Bergenaar
• Bergs
• Bergse Plaat
• Opzoomer

• → English: Bergen op Zoom

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

• Bergen op Zoom on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl