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capellen

capellen is the plural of capelle.

Meaning of capelle

Noun

capelle (plural capelles or capellen)

  1. (historical) The private orchestra or band of a prince or church.
    • And for rehearsals of those, the musicians of the capelle are required to appear on his demand.2002, Christoph Wolff, Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician, Oxford University Press, USA, →ISBN, page 147

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Proper noun capitalized: Capellen

Capellen

  1. A canton of Luxembourg, located in the south-west of the country.
  2. A town in Mamer, Luxembourg, which gives its name to the canton of Capellen.

Questions about capellen

What does capellen mean?
Capellen means a canton of Luxembourg, located in the south-west of the country.
What is capellen the plural of?
Capellen is the plural of capelle.
What part of speech is capellen?
Capellen is a proper noun.

Words near capellen in the dictionary

  1. capellanes
  2. Capellans
  3. Capellas
  4. capelle
  5. Capelle aan den IJssel
  6. capellen
  7. capelles
  8. capellet
  9. capellets
  10. Capelli
  11. capelli d'angelo

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Adapted from Wiktionary: capellen (page history and authors); Capellen (page history and authors); capelle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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