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Zutphen.

Zutphen (a city and municipality of Gelderland, Netherlands)

7 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈzʏt.fə(n)/
  1. Zutphen (a city and municipality of Gelderland, Netherlands)

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Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch Sutfen. First attested as sutphem in 1101. Ultimate etymology uncertain. Potentially derived from a compound of Old Dutch sūth (“south-, southern”) and either fene (“peat bog, fen”) or fenne (“pasture, swampland”). See also Dutch Low Saxon Zutfent.

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