Roermond

From Dutch Roermond.

Roermond

1. A city and municipality of Limburg, Netherlands.

First attested as de Ruremunde in the mid-12th century. Compound of the hydronym Roer (derived from either a Germanic root cognate with Old Saxon hrôra (“movement”), Old English hrôr (“motile, lively”) and modern Dutch roeren (“stir”) or from Proto-Indo-European *reu- (“dig”) with suffixed -r) and mond (“mouth”). The interpretation of mond as a derivation from Old Dutch munte (“mountain, refuge hill”) (cf. Urmond) is incorrect.

See also Limburgish Remunj.

• IPA^(key): /ruːrˈmɔnt/

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• Hyphenation: Roer‧mond
• Rhymes: -ɔnt

Roermond n

1. Roermond (a city and municipality of Limburg, Netherlands).

   Meronyms: Aan de Rijksweg, Asenray, Asselt, Boukoul, De Weerd, Einde, Heide, Herten, Leeuwen, Maalbroek, Maasniel, Merum, Ool, Spik, Straat, Swalmen, Thuserhof, Wieler

• Roermondenaar
• Roermonds

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