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Muizenberg

Syllables: Mui·zen·bergUK/ˈmjuːzənbɜːɡ/

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General South African/ˈmœʊ̯zənbeə̯χ/

Muizenberg proper noun: a former coastal town in the Western Cape, South Africa; now a neighbourhood of Cape Town.

Proper noun

Muizenberg

  1. A former coastal town in the Western Cape, South Africa; now a neighbourhood of Cape Town.
  2. A neighbourhood of Willemstad, Curaçao.
    1. A wetland in Muizenberg, Willemstad, Curaçao.

Origin of Muizenberg

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch Muizenberg (literally “Mouse Hill”), first attested in Middle Dutch as the name of an area in Breda.

Questions about Muizenberg

What does Muizenberg mean?
Muizenberg means a former coastal town in the Western Cape, South Africa; now a neighbourhood of Cape Town.
What part of speech is Muizenberg?
Muizenberg is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Muizenberg?
Muizenberg is pronounced /ˈmjuːzənbɜːɡ/ (UK).

Words near Muizenberg in the dictionary

  1. Muises
  2. muishond
  3. muishonds
  4. Muism
  5. Muizen
  6. Muizenberg
  7. mujadara
  8. mujaddara
  9. mujadra
  10. mujahadeen
  11. mujahed

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