Het Raan

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as roiden around 1310. Derived from a contraction of the dative plural form of Middle Dutch rode (“land cleared of trees”). Compare Raar, Raren, Rha, Rhaan, Rhoon and Roden.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦɛt ˈraːn/
  • Hyphenation: Het Raan
  • Rhymes: -aːn

Proper noun

Het Raan n

  1. a neighbourhood of Raalte, Overijssel, Netherlands

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “het raan”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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