Stokkem

First attested as stockheim in 1181. Compound of Old Dutch stok (“tree trunk, stick”) and hēm (“home, settlement”).

A city and former municipality of Dilsen-Stokkem, Belgium


Hamont

A city and former municipality of Hamont-Achel, Belgium


Buitenzorg

From buiten zorg ("beyond [our] concern").
The neighbourhood is named after a former mansion.

Dutch East Indies
Dutch East Indies#English

Buitenzorg (a city in West Java, Dutch East Indies; modern Bogor)


Sint-Niklaas

Meronyms: Belsele, Nieuwkerken-Waas, Sinaai


Ninove

Meronyms: Appelterre-Eichem, Aspelare, Denderwindeke, Lieferinge, Meerbeke, Nederhasselt, Neigem, Okegem, Outer, Pollare, Voorde


Noer-Soeltan

Transliteration of Kazakh Нұр-Сұлтан (Nūr-Sūltan)

translit

De opstand verliep erg spontaan, escaleerde snel en concentreerde zich vooral in Almaty en niet in ^([sic]) hoofdstad Noer-Soeltan.

2022 January 9, Eva Cukier, “‘De machtswisseling in Kazachstan was nooit echt, dat is precies waarom de bevolking zo boos is’ ['The change of power in Kazakhstan was never real, which is exactly why the population is so angry']”, in NRC Handelsblad, retrieved 2022-09-14:

The uprising proceeded very spontaneously, escalated rapidly and was concentrated mainly in Almaty and not in the capital Nur-Sultan.

Nur-Sultan (former name of Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan)


Anslo

Adapted borrowing of Old Norse Ósló, Ásló, from Proto-Germanic *ansuz (“god”) + *lauhaz (“clearing, meadow”).

Oslo (a city and municipality, the capital of Norway; official name: Oslo)


Willebroek

From Middle Dutch Wildebroec, from Proto-West Germanic *wilþī (“wild”) + *brōk (“marsh”).

inh

A city and municipality in the province of Antwerp, Belgium


Tsjerkasy

Cherkasy, a city, raion and oblast in Ukraine.


Cherson

From Ukrainian Херсо́н (Xersón) / Russian Херсо́н (Xersón).

Kherson, a city, raion and oblast in Ukraine.


Kropyvnytsky

From Ukrainian Кропивницький (Kropyvnycʹkyj).

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Кропивницький

Kropyvnytskyi, a city and raion of Ukraine.


Tsjernihiv

Chernihiv, a city, raion and oblast in Ukraine.


Loehansk

Luhansk, a city, raion and oblast in Ukraine.


Zaporizja

Zaporizhia, a city, raion and oblast in Ukraine.


Chmelnytsky

From Ukrainian Хмельни́цький (Xmelʹnýcʹkyj).

Хмельни́цький

Khmelnytskyi, a city, raion and oblast in Ukraine.


Marioepol

From Ukrainian Маріуполь (Mariupolʹ) / Russian Мариуполь (Mariupolʹ).


Soemy

Sumy, a city, raion and oblast in Ukraine.


Vinnytsja

Vinnytsia, a city, raion and oblast in Ukraine.


Izjoem

From Ukrainian Ізюм (Izjum) / Russian Изю́м (Izjúm).


Zjytomyr

Zhytomyr, a city, raion and oblast in Ukraine.


Tsjernivtsi

Chernivtsi, a city, raion and oblast in Ukraine.


Presburg

Pressburg (former name of Bratislava, the capital city of Slovakia)


Keizerstad

From keizer (“emperor”) + stad (“city”), referring to the palace Charlemagne is said to have built there.

(always with definite article) Synonym of Nijmegen


Manhattan aan de Maas

Literally, “Manhattan on the Meuse”, a tongue-in-cheek reference to the river Meuse which flows through the city and the fact that Rotterdam has significantly more skyscrapers than other Dutch cities. Compare Havana aan de Waal.


Havana aan de Waal

Literally, “Havana on the Waal [river]”, a tongue-in-cheek reference to the river Waal which flows through the city and the fact that Nijmegen is (not in the least due to the leftist student body of its university) a left-leaning city. Compare the similarly-formed Manhattan aan de Maas.


Baarlem

Blend of baren (“to give birth”) + Haarlem.

blend

(Amsterdam, humorous) the city of Haarlem, viewed by Amsterdam yuppies as a place to move to in order to settle down and have children


Sweet Lake City

From English sweet + lake + city, based on Salt Lake City, modified with a jocular reference to the name of the city Zoetermeer, which may be interpreted to mean “sweet lake”, zoet meaning “sweet” and meer meaning “lake”.

(humorous) Synonym of Zoetermeer (“a city in the Netherlands”)


Ambacht

(informal) Clipping of Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht.