Niel

English

a civilian's row house at the Sint-Hubertus plein

Proper noun

Niel

  1. A town on the river Rupel in the southwest of the Belgian province of Antwerp.

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Etymology

  • Possibly from the medieval word niel meaning "thrown face-down in the depths", from the Germanic nihwulia or niwaialho (meaning: "headlong, downward"). Furthermore, places with "Niel" in their names have been shown to invariably be lower-lying

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  • IPA(key): [nil]

Proper noun

Niel ?

  1. town on the river Rupel in the southwest of the Belgian province of Antwerp.
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