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Enschede.

Enschede (a city and municipality of Overijssel, Netherlands)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈɛn.sxəˌdeː/
  1. Enschede (a city and municipality of Overijssel, Netherlands)

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Where this word comes from

First attested as anneschethe in 1119. Compound of an unclear first element and Old Saxon skēthia (“boundary, border”). See also Dutch Low Saxon Eanske.

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