Het Raan
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as roiden around 1310. Derived from a contraction of the dative plural form of Middle Dutch rode (“land cleared of trees”). Compare Raar, Raren, Rha, Rhaan, Rhoon and Roden.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɦɛt ˈraːn/
- Hyphenation: Het Raan
- Rhymes: -aːn
Proper noun
Het Raan n
- A neighbourhood of Raalte, Overijssel, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “het raan”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN