Mechelen

Mechelen

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛkələn/, /ˈmɛx-/, /-ə/

Proper noun

Mechelen

1. A city and municipality in Antwerp province, Belgium.

Alternative forms

• (dated) Mechlin

Synonyms

• (French) Malines

Translations

city

Bulgarian: Мехелен (Mehelen) Dutch: Mechelen n Esperanto: Meĥleno French: Malines (fr) Italian: Mellina f

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Dutch

Etymology

• (Belgium) From earlier Mechgelme, Machele, from Medieval Latin Maclines, from Maslines, from Frankish *Maalinas, ultimately from Old Saxon mahal (“meeting room”), from Proto-West Germanic *maþl (“gathering, speech”). See also Limburgish Mechele.
• (Limburg) First attested as mechluns in 1133. Derived from Proto-Germanic *magal (“great, powerful”), related to *mikilaz. Compare Megchelen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.xə.lə(n)/
• Hyphenation: Me‧che‧len
• Rhymes: -ɛxələn
• Homophone: Megchelen

Proper noun

Mechelen n

1. A city and municipality of Belgium.

   Meronyms: Heffen, Hombeek, Leest, Muizen, Walem

2. A village in Gulpen-Wittem, Limburg, Netherlands.

Derived terms

• Mechelaar
• Mechels

References

• Mechelen, de heerlijke (1947)
• van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN