Venlo

English

Proper noun

Venlo

A city and municipality in Limburg, Netherlands.

Anagrams

Loven, novel

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as uennelon around 1100. Possibly a compound of ven (“small pool in a forest or heath”) and lo (“light forest”). Alternatively a compound of veen (“bog, marsh”) and lo (“pool”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvɛn.loː/
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Hyphenation: Ven‧lo

Proper noun

Venlo n

Venlo (a city and municipality of Limburg, Netherlands)
Meronyms: Arcen, Belfeld, Blerick, Boekend, Bolenberg, Bong, Brandemolen, De Krosselt, De Voort, Egypte, Geloo, Hanik, Hasselderheide, Hasselt, Het Vorst, Hout-Blerick, Leemhorst, Lingsfort, Lomm, Schandelo, Steyl, Tegelen, 't Ven, Veld, Velden, Vilgert, Wielder

Derived terms

Venlonaar
Venloër, Venloos

References

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