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Esslingen.

a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, near Stuttgart; official name: Esslingen am Neckar

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈɛslɪŋən/
  1. a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, near Stuttgart; official name: Esslingen am Neckar

    neuter · proper-noun
  2. a rural district of Baden-Württemberg

    neuter · proper-noun
Where this word comes from

First attested as Old High German Ezelinga in 856. Attested as Hetsilinga in 866. The common placename suffix -ingen suggests that the name means "of the people of Azzilo." Compare *aggju (“edge (of a sword)”), as in the name Ecghelm.

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