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Mürren

Mürren proper noun: a mountain village in Bern canton, Switzerland.

Proper noun

Mürren

  1. A mountain village in Bern canton, Switzerland.

Origin of Mürren

From Alemannic German Mürren, of uncertain origin, suggestions including: * From a pre-Indo-European substrate word *murr- (“hill”). * From a pre-Roman word *murrēna (“snout, protruding peak”), likely related to Vulgar Latin *murrum. * Related to Mūr (“wall”) (from Latin murus), although the doubling of the r in the name would be difficult to explain.

Questions about Mürren

What does Mürren mean?
Mürren means a mountain village in Bern canton, Switzerland.
What part of speech is Mürren?
Mürren is a proper noun.

Words near Mürren in the dictionary

  1. Münsingen
  2. Münster
  3. Münsterbildchen
  4. Münsterland
  5. Münsterländisch
  6. Mürren
  7. Mürzzuschlag
  8. müsli
  9. Mützenich
  10. Mývatn
  11. māmaki

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