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Utrecht

/juːˈtɹɛxt/US/ˈjuˌtɹɛkt/

Utrecht proper noun: a city and municipality, the capital of Utrecht province, Netherlands.

utrecht: a city and municipality, the capital of Utrecht province, Netherlands
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Proper noun

Utrecht

  1. A city and municipality, the capital of Utrecht province, Netherlands.
    • The Treaty of Utrecht (11 April 1713) recognized Anne as the rightful queen of England and yielded St Kitts and much of Canada to the English.
  2. A province of the Netherlands.
    • E.g. muug 'tired' in the Utrecht dialect (Ponelis 1990: 36). Utrechtian, which does not delete intervocalic [χ/ɣ], belongs to the group of Hollandic dialects, which is the Dutch dialect group most closely related to Afrikaans.2012, Hans den Besten, edited by Ton van der Wouden, Roots of Afrikaans: Selected writings of Hans den Besten (series: Creole Language Library 44), John Benjamins Publishing Company: Amsterdam /...

Utrecht meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Utrecht in Hindi

city in the Netherlands
उट्रेख़्ट uṭrexṭ

Utrecht in Tamil

city in the Netherlands
உத்ரெக்ட் utrekṭ

Utrecht in Marathi

city in the Netherlands
उट्रेख्त uṭrekhta

Utrecht in Urdu

city in the Netherlands
یوتریخت
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Utrecht in Pashto
اوتریخت
Utrecht in Arabic
أُوترِخْت utreḵt, أترخت
Utrecht in Persian
اوترخت utarexat
Utrecht in Thai
ยูเทรกต์ Yuuthárêek
Utrecht in Myanmar
ယူးထရက် yu:hta.rak

Origin of Utrecht

From Dutch Utrecht, from Middle Dutch and Old Dutch variants of ūt (“out, outside”) + Latin Trāiectum ad Rhēnum (“Crossing-on-the-Rhine”), the Roman fort at the location, from trāicere (“to cross, to send across”), from trāns- (“trans-: through, across”) + iacere (“to throw”).

Words formed from Utrecht

Phrases with Utrecht

Questions about Utrecht

What does Utrecht mean?
Utrecht means a city and municipality, the capital of Utrecht province, Netherlands.
What is Utrecht in Hindi?
Utrecht in Hindi is उट्रेख़्ट (uṭrexṭ). See Utrecht meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Utrecht?
Utrecht is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Utrecht?
Utrecht is pronounced /ˈjuˌtɹɛkt/ (US).

Words near Utrecht in the dictionary

  1. utraquism
  2. utraquisms
  3. Utraquist
  4. utraquistic
  5. Utraquists
  6. Utrecht
  7. Utrecht velvet
  8. Utrecht velvets
  9. Utrechter
  10. Utrechters
  11. Utrechtian

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