Nijmegen

English

Alternative forms

Nimmegen (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Nijmegen.

Proper noun

Nijmegen

A city in Gelderland, Netherlands.
A municipality of Gelderland, Netherlands.

Translations

city in the Netherlands

Arabic: نَيْمِيخِن (naymīḵen)
Dutch: Nijmegen (nl) n
Esperanto: Nimego
French: Nimègue (fr)
Georgian: ნეიმეგენი (neimegeni)
German: Nimwegen
Italian: Nimega
Old Saxon: Niumagan n
Polish: Nijmegen n
Portuguese: Nijmegen f
Spanish: Nimega (es) f
Walloon: Nîmegue
West Flemish: Nymeegn n

Dutch

Alternative forms

Nimmegen, Nimwegen (largely obsolete)
Nimwèège (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch Nieumeghen, Nimeghen, from Latin Noviomagus, the short form of Ulpia Noviomagus Batavōrum. Compare Neumagen.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnɛi̯ˌmeː.ɣə(n)/
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Hyphenation: Nij‧me‧gen

Proper noun

Nijmegen n

Nijmegen (a city and municipality of Gelderland, Netherlands)
Synonyms: Nimma (slang, nickname), Havana aan de Waal (nickname), Moskou aan de Waal (nickname), Keizerstad (nickname), Knotsenburg (Carnival nickname)

Meronyms: Koudenhoek, Lent, Ooyse Schependom

Derived terms

Nijmegenaar
Nijmeegs

References

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Nimegue, Nimega (dated)

Proper noun

Nijmegen f

Nijmegen (a city in the Netherlands)

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