"Vries" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [Dutch]

IPA: /vris/ Audio: Nl-vries.ogg
Rhymes: -is Etymology: First attested as vrees in 1139. Etymology uncertain. Probably not related to Fries (“inhabitant of Friesland”) or a derived personal name like Old Dutch *Frieso. Theories include a derivation from *wreg- ("instep"), with some -s suffix, or a word related to Old English wrāse (“knit, contorted ground”), suffixed with (a later equivalent of) Proto-West Germanic *-ja (“place-name forming suffix”). Compare Vrees. See also Dutch Low Saxon Vrais. Etymology templates: {{unk|nl|title=uncertain}} uncertain, {{cog|nds-nl|Vrais}} Dutch Low Saxon Vrais Head templates: {{nl-proper noun|n}} Vries n
  1. A village and former municipality of Tynaarlo, Drenthe, Netherlands Wikipedia link: Old Dutch, Old English, Proto-West Germanic Tags: neuter Categories (place): Places in Drenthe, Netherlands, Places in the Netherlands, Villages in Drenthe, Netherlands, Villages in the Netherlands Derived forms: Vriezenaar
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