"Utrecht" meaning in Dutch

See Utrecht in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈy.trɛxt/, /ˈy.trɛx/ (note: Utrecht, Limburg) Audio: Nl-Utrecht.ogg Forms: Utregt [alternative, obsolete], Utert [alternative, obsolete], Uitrecht [alternative, obsolete], Uitregt [alternative, obsolete], Uitert [alternative, obsolete], Utreg [alternative], Utrech [alternative]
Etymology: From Middle Dutch Utrecht, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Old Dutch ūt (“outside”) + Latin Traiectum, the name of the original Roman fort around which the city was built, a name meaning "crossing," from the verb traicio (“I go across, transfer”). Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|Utrecht}} Middle Dutch Utrecht, {{inh|nl|odt}} Old Dutch [Term?], {{der|nl|odt|ūt|t=outside}} Old Dutch ūt (“outside”), {{der|nl|la|Traiectum}} Latin Traiectum Head templates: {{nl-proper noun|n}} Utrecht n
  1. Utrecht (a city and municipality, the capital of Utrecht province, Netherlands) Tags: neuter Categories (place): Cities in Utrecht, Netherlands, Cities in the Netherlands, Municipalities of Utrecht, Netherlands, Places in Utrecht, Netherlands, Places in the Netherlands Synonyms: Domstad, 030, Utje, Leemput
  2. Utrecht (a province of the Netherlands) Tags: neuter Categories (place): Places in the Netherlands, Provinces of the Netherlands
    Sense id: en-Utrecht-nl-name-S3rGDZo6 Categories (other): Utrecht, Netherlands, Pages with entries, Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 3 16 20 3 3 3 3 3 3 23 3 3 3 3 3 3 Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Meronyms: Amersfoort, Baarn, Bunnik, Bunschoten, De Bilt, De Ronde Venen, Eemnes, Houten, IJsselstein, Leusden, Lopik, Montfoort, Nieuwegein, Oudewater, Renswoude, Rhenen, Soest, Stichtse Vecht
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Utrechtenaar, Utrechter, Utrechts, Utrechtse Related terms: Nedersticht, Sticht

Alternative forms

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