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Aalten.

Aalten (a village and municipality of Gelderland, Netherlands)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈaːl.tə(n)/
  1. Aalten (a village and municipality of Gelderland, Netherlands)

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Where this word comes from

First attested as aladna in 828. Etymology unclear. Likely derived from a phytonym (compare Old Norse alað (“food”), aldin (“edible fruit”), Old Swedish alda (“fruit-bearing oak”)). A proposed derivation from a hydronym derived from Proto-Indo-European *alat- (“shining, bending outward”) is far-fetched. Not etymologically related to aal (“poplar, Populus”). Potentially related to Aalden.

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