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Kessel.

a town and former municipality of Limburg, Netherlands

6 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈkɛ.səl/
  1. a town and former municipality of Limburg, Netherlands

    neuter
  2. a former village and former municipality of Oss, North Brabant, Netherlands

    neuter
Where this word comes from

Derived from Latin castellum (“fortress”) with early Germanisation (showing the effects of umlaut and with stress shifted to the first syllable). Doublet of kasteel, Castilië, chateau, castellum, telo, and ketella. * (Limburg): Attested with certainty as cassele in 1107. * (Noord-Brabant): Attested with certainty as casella in 997.

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