Nijmegen

• Nimmegen (obsolete)

Borrowed from Dutch Nijmegen.

Nijmegen

1. A city in Gelderland, Netherlands.
2. A municipality of Gelderland, Netherlands.

• Nimmegen, Nimwegen (largely obsolete)
• Nimwèège (dialectal)

From Middle Dutch Nieumeghen, Nimeghen, from Latin Noviomagus, the short form of Ulpia Noviomagus Batavōrum. Compare Neumagen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛi̯ˌmeː.ɣə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: Nij‧me‧gen

Nijmegen n

1. Nijmegen (a city and municipality of Gelderland, Netherlands)

   Synonyms: Nimma (slang, nickname), Havana aan de Waal (nickname), Moskou aan de Waal (nickname), Keizerstad (nickname), Knotsenburg (Carnival nickname)

   Meronyms: Koudenhoek, Lent, Ooyse Schependom

• Nijmegenaar
• Nijmeegs

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “nijmegen”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

• Nimegue, Nimega (dated)

Nijmegen f

1. Nijmegen (a city in the Netherlands)