Gassel
Dutch
Alternative forms
- Gààsel (dialect form)
Etymology
First attested as gassel in 1306. Likely a compound of Old Dutch gast (“guest”) and sale (“hall”), here referring to an inn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɣɑ.səl/
- Hyphenation: Gas‧sel
- Rhymes: -ɑsəl
Proper noun
Gassel n
- A village and former municipality of Land van Cuijk, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
- Synonym: Ezelrijk (Carnival nickname)
Derived terms
- Gasselnaar
- Gassels
- Nieuw-Gassel
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN