Bavel
Dutch
Alternative forms
- Baovel (dialect form)
Etymology
First attested as bavele in 1299. Potentially a compound of Old Dutch Bavo (“a personal name”) and lo (“light forest”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbaː.vəl/
- Hyphenation: Ba‧vel
- Rhymes: -aːvəl
Proper noun
Bavel n
- A village and former municipality of Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
- Synonym: Baviaonenland (Carnival nickname)
Derived terms
- Bavelnaar
- Bavels
- Ginneken en Bavel
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN