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Niel.

town on the river Rupel in the southwest of the Belgian province of Antwerp

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

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  1. town on the river Rupel in the southwest of the Belgian province of Antwerp

Where this word comes from

* Possibly from the medieval word niel meaning "thrown face-down in the depths", from the Germanic nihwulia or niwaialho (meaning: "headlong, downward"). Furthermore, places with "Niel" in their names have been shown to invariably be lower-lying

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