Aalst
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ɑlst/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɑːlst/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑlst, -ɑːlst
Proper noun
[edit]Aalst
- A city in East Flanders, Belgium.
- Any of a number of towns in Belgium or the Netherlands.
Translations
[edit]city in East Flanders
Anagrams
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (North Brabant) Aolst (dialect form)
Etymology
[edit]- (Zaltbommel) First attested as in uilla halosta around 850. Etymology uncertain. A proposed derivation from els (“alder, Alnus”) with collectivising suffix -t does not match well with old attestations of the toponym. Potentially derived from Proto-Germanic *alhust (“dwelling place, shrine”). Compare Elst, Maasniel, Nieuwaal, Niel, Niel-bij-As, Nivele and Waldniel.
- (Noord-Brabant) First attested as alst in 1281. Etymology uncertain. The formerly widespread hypothesis of a derivation from els (“alder, Alnus”) with collectivising suffix -t is no longer considered plausible. Potentially derived from Proto-Germanic *alhust (“dwelling place, shrine”). Compare Elst, Maasniel, Nieuwaal, Niel, Niel-bij-As, Nivele and Waldniel.
- (Buren) First attested as aelst around 1400. Etymology uncertain. A proposed derivation from els (“alder, Alnus”) with collectivising suffix -t does not match well with old attestations of the toponym. Potentially derived from Proto-Germanic *alhust (“dwelling place, shrine”). Compare Elst, Maasniel, Nieuwaal, Niel, Niel-bij-As, Nivele and Waldniel.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Aalst n
- A city and municipality of East Flanders, Belgium.
- Meronyms: Baardegem, Erembodgem, Gijzegem, Herdersem, Hofstade, Meldert, Moorsel, Nieuwerkerken
- A village and former municipality of Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Netherlands.
- A village and former municipality of Waalre, North Brabant, Netherlands.
- Synonym: Ballegat (Carnival nickname)
- A village in Flemish Brabant, Belgium.
- A hamlet in Buren, Gelderland, Netherlands.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
Anagrams
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- Rhymes:English/ɑlst
- Rhymes:English/ɑlst/1 syllable
- Rhymes:English/ɑːlst
- Rhymes:English/ɑːlst/1 syllable
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Cities in Belgium
- en:Places in Belgium
- Dutch terms with unknown etymologies
- Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
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- Rhymes:Dutch/aːlst
- Rhymes:Dutch/aːlst/1 syllable
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
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- nl:Cities in Belgium
- nl:Municipalities of Belgium
- nl:Places in Belgium
- nl:Villages in Gelderland, Netherlands
- nl:Villages in the Netherlands
- nl:Historical political subdivisions
- nl:Places in Gelderland, Netherlands
- nl:Places in the Netherlands
- nl:Villages in North Brabant, Netherlands
- nl:Places in North Brabant, Netherlands
- nl:Villages in Belgium