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Deventer.

Deventer (a city and municipality, an Overijssel in the Netherlands)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈdeː.vən.tər/
  1. Deventer (a city and municipality, an Overijssel in the Netherlands)

    neuter
Where this word comes from

First attested as dauentre in 840-849. Etymology uncertain. Perhaps derived from an ancient Celtic hydronym or a compound of either Old Dutch daf (“dead”) or *Dafa (a personal name) and *threo (“tree”). Compare Daventry. See also Dutch Low Saxon Daeventer.

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