Kassel

• Cassel (dated, until 1928)

From German Kassel, from Old High German Chassalla, Chassella, probably from Latin Castellum Chattorum (“fortress of the Chatti”), though possibly also a native Germanic compound whose second element is Proto-West Germanic *sali (“house, hall”).

Kassel

1. A city in Hesse, central Germany, south-southwest of Hanover.

• Saleks, slakes

From Old High German Chassalla, Chassella, probably from Latin Castellum Chattorum (“fortress of the Chatti”), though possibly also a native Germanic compound whose second element is Proto-West Germanic *sali (“house, hall”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkasl̩/, /ˈkasəl/

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Kassel n (proper noun, genitive Kassels or (optionally with an article) Kassel)

1. Kassel (a city in Hesse, Germany, south-southwest of Hanover)