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Waalre.

a village and municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands

6 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈʋaːl.rə/
  1. a village and municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands

    neuter
Where this word comes from

First attested as waetriloe in 704. Compound of an uncertain first element and lo (“light forest”). The first element has been variously interpreted as Old Dutch weder (“ram”), a compound of Middle Dutch wede (“forest, brushwood”) and aard (“farmland”) and wad (“crossing, ford”).

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