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Gaal.

a hamlet in Maashorst, North Brabant, Netherlands

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

name/ɣaːl/
  1. a hamlet in Maashorst, North Brabant, Netherlands

    neuter
Where this word comes from

First attested as gala in 1174. Etymology unknown. Proposed etymologies include a derivation from a compound hydronym formed from either Proto-Germanic *galan (“sing, rage”) or gal (“bile, yellow”) and aa (“water, river”) or from Proto-Germanic *alha- (“homestead, farmstead”) prefixed with the collectivising prefix ga-. Compare Galder, Maasniel and Middegaal.

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