Utrecht

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English

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The city of Utrecht in the Netherlands
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The province of Utrecht in the Netherlands

Etymology

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From Dutch Utrecht, from Middle Dutch and Old Dutch variants of ūt (out, outside) + Latin Trāiectum ad Rhēnum (Crossing-on-the-Rhine), the Roman fort at the location, from trāicere (to cross, to send across), from trāns- (trans-: through, across) + iacere (to throw).

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Utrecht

  1. A city, the capital of Utrecht province, Netherlands.
    The Treaty of Utrecht (11 April 1713) recognized Anne as the rightful queen of England and yielded St Kitts and much of Canada to the English.
  2. A municipality of Utrecht, Netherlands.
  3. A province of the Netherlands.
    • 2012, Hans den Besten, edited by Ton van der Wouden, Roots of Afrikaans: Selected writings of Hans den Besten (series: Creole Language Library 44), John Benjamins Publishing Company: Amsterdam / Philadelphia, p. 81:
      E.g. muug 'tired' in the Utrecht dialect (Ponelis 1990: 36). Utrechtian, which does not delete intervocalic [χ/ɣ], belongs to the group of Hollandic dialects, which is the Dutch dialect group most closely related to Afrikaans.

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Catalan

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Borrowed from Dutch Utrecht.

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Utrecht m

  1. Utrecht (a city in the Netherlands)

Dutch

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provincie Utrecht
Utrecht province

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch utrecht, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Old Dutch ūt (outside) + Latin Traiectum, the name of the original Roman fort around which the city was built, a name meaning "crossing," from the verb traicio (I go across, transfer).[1]

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  • IPA(key): /ˈy.trɛxt/
  • (Utrecht, Limburg) IPA(key): /ˈy.trɛx/
  • Audio (Northern):(file)
  • Hyphenation: Utrecht

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Utrecht n

  1. Utrecht (a city, municipality, and capital of Utrecht, Netherlands)
    Synonyms: Domstad (nickname), 030 (nickname), Utje (nickname), Leemput (Carnival nickname)
    Meronyms: Alendorp, Blauwkapel, De Meern, Haarzuilens, Lage Haar, Nedereindseweg, Ockhuizen, Oudenrijn, Rijnenburg, Stadsdam, Themaat, Veldhuizen, Vleuten
  2. Utrecht (a province of the Netherlands)
    Meronyms: Amersfoort, Baarn, Bunnik, Bunschoten, De Bilt, De Ronde Venen, Eemnes, Houten, IJsselstein, Leusden, Lopik, Montfoort, Nieuwegein, Oudewater, Renswoude, Rhenen, Soest, Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, Utrechtse Heuvelrug, Veenendaal, Vijfheerenlanden, Wijk bij Duurstede, Woerden, Woudenberg, Zeist

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References

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  1. ^ LKSH. (1997). Germany: Schmidt-Römhild, p. 4

French

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Borrowed from Dutch Utrecht.

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Utrecht f

  1. Utrecht (a province of the Netherlands)
  2. Utrecht (a city and capital of Utrecht, Netherlands)

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German

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Borrowed from Dutch Utrecht.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈyː.tʁɛçt/
  • IPA(key): /ˈuː.tʁɛçt/, /ˈʊt.ʁɛçt/ (spelling pronunciations, rare in educated speech)
  • Audio:(file)

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Utrecht n (proper noun, genitive Utrechts or (optionally with an article) Utrecht)

  1. Utrecht (a city in the Netherlands)
  2. Utrecht (a province of the Netherlands)

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Polish

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Borrowed from Dutch Utrecht.

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Utrecht m inan

  1. Utrecht (a province of the Netherlands)
  2. Utrecht (a city and capital of Utrecht, Netherlands)

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Further reading

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  • Utrecht in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Unadapted borrowing from Dutch Utrecht.

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Utrecht

  1. Alternative form of Utreque

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch Utrecht.

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Utrecht m

  1. Utrecht (a province of the Netherlands)
  2. Utrecht (a city and capital of Utrecht, Netherlands)