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Utrecht

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of central Netherlands south-southeast of Amsterdam. Dating to pre-Roman times, it was an important textile and commercial center during the Middle Ages. The Treaty of Utrecht ended the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1713).

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  • proper noun A province of the Netherlands.
  • proper noun The capital city of the province of Utrecht.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a city in the central Netherlands

Etymologies

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From Dutch Utrecht, from Old Dutch uut + Latin Traiectum, the name of the original Roman fort which the city was built around.

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hypernyms (3)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. city
  2. metropolis
  3. urban center

cross-references (2)

Cross-references

  1. Wikipedia article on the city of Utrecht
  2. Wikipedia article on the province of Utrecht

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