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Namen.

Namur, a city in southern Belgium

5 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈnaː.mə(n)/
  1. Namur, a city in southern Belgium

    neuter
  2. Namur, a former countship in present Belgium, named after its above capital city

    neuter
  3. Namur, a province of Belgium, named after its above capital city

    neuter
name/ˈnaː.mə(n)/
  1. a former village in the flooded lands of Saeftinghe, Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, The Netherlands

    historical · neuter
Where this word comes from

Named after count John I of Namur (Dutch Namen, see Etymology 1), whose name was given to the polder in which this village was situated and after which it was named, as the construction of the Polder van Namen was done under the auspices of count John.

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