Bijlmermeer

Dutch

Etymology

From Bijlmer (“a former village”) +‎ meer (“lake”). The toponym Bijlmer derives from a contraction of Old Dutch bindel (“connection, link”) and mere (“lake”). The meaning of the toponym was gradually forgotten, and the element meer was appended as a result.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌbɛi̯l.mərˈmeːr/
  • Hyphenation: Bijl‧mer‧meer
  • Rhymes: -eːr

Proper noun

Bijlmermeer n

  1. Bijlmermeer (a neighborhood and former municipality of Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands).
    Synonyms: Bijlmer, Bims (nickname)

Derived terms
  • Bijlmermeerder

References
  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “bijlmer”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎ (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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