Spangen

See also: spången

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as spange in 1325. Derived from the hydronym Spange, of unknown etymology. Not derived from Middle Dutch Spaengen (“Spain”). Compare Spanbroek, Spang, Spanga and Spannum.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: Span‧gen

Proper noun

Spangen n

A neighbourhood of Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

References

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

German

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: -aŋn̩

Noun

Spangen f

plural of Spange