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Antwerpen.

Antwerp (the largest city and provincial capital of the province of Antwerp, Belgium)

9 characters3 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈɑntˌʋɛr.pə(n)/
  1. Antwerp (the largest city and provincial capital of the province of Antwerp, Belgium)

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  2. Antwerp (a province of Flanders, Belgium)

    neuter
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch Antwerpen, apparently from Medieval Latin Antwerpo, which, if of Germanic origin, like Frankish or Old Frisian, could be from Proto-West Germanic *anda- (“against”) + a noun derived from *werpan (“to throw”), meaning something like "land thrown up at something, alluvial deposit." Folk etymology derived it from handwerpen (“hand-throwing”), from hand + werpen, referring to a giant in Flemish legend named Antigoon, said to sever and fling the hands of any boatmen of the Scheldt who did not pay his toll. More at Antwerp.

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