Hilversum

Hilversum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Hilversum.

Proper noun

Hilversum

1. A municipality of North Holland, Netherlands.

Translations

city in North Holland

Arabic: هيلفرسوم‎ (haylafrsum) Dutch: Hilversum (nl) n French: Hilversum (fr) Georgian: ჰილვერსუმი (hilversumi) Greek: Χίλφερσουμ (Chílfersoum) Japanese: ヒルフェルスム (Hiruferusumu) West Frisian: Hilfertsom

Anagrams

• livermush

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Dutch

Etymology

First attested as hilfercem in 1305. Compound of Middle Dutch Hilfert (“a personal name”) and heem (“home, settlement”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɪl.vər.sʏm/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Hil‧ver‧sum

Proper noun

Hilversum n

1. Hilversum (a city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands) without city rights.

   Meronyms: Egelshoek, Hilversumse Meent

Derived terms

• Hilversummer
• Hilversums
• Hilversumse Meent

References

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