Namur

See also: Namür

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French Namur.

Proper noun

Namur

  1. The capital city of Wallonia, Belgium.
  2. A province of Wallonia, Belgium.
Translations

See also

Further reading

Etymology 2

From Marshallese Nim̧ur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nəˈmʊə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)

Proper noun

Namur

  1. Namur islet, Kwajalein atoll, Marshall Islands.
Derived terms

See also

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin Namurcum.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Namur m

  1. Namur (the capital city of Namur, Belgium)
  2. Namur (a province of Belgium)
  3. Namur (a historical county of the Holy Roman Empire)

Derived terms

  • namurès
  • namurià

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Walloon Nameûr, from Latin Namurcum, from Gaulish. Folk etymology connects it to the name of a Gaulish god, Nam.

The municipality in Québec is named after the province in Belgium. The majority of the municipality's initial inhabitants emigrated from the province in the second half of the 19th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /na.myʁ/
  • Audio (France (Somain)):(file)
  • Hyphenation: Na‧mur
  • Rhymes: -yʁ

Proper noun

Namur m

  1. Namur (a city in Belgium)
    Meronyms: Beez, Belgrade, Boninne, Bouge, Champion, Cognelée, Daussoulx, Dave, Erpent, Flawinne, Gelbressée, Jambes, Lives-sur-Meuse, Loyers, Malonne, Marche-les-Dames, Naninne, Rhisnes, Saint-Marc, Saint-Servais, Suarlée, Temploux, Vedrin, Wépion, Wierde
  2. Namur (a province of Belgium)
    Meronyms: Andenne, Anhée, Assesse, Beauraing, Bièvre, Cerfontaine, Ciney, Couvin, Dinant, Doische, Éghezée, Fernelmont, Floreffe, Florennes, Fosses-la-Ville, Gedinne, Gembloux, Gesves, Hamois, Hastière, Havelange, Houyet, Jemeppe-sur-Sambre, La Bruyère, Mettet, Namur, Ohey, Onhaye, Philippeville, Profondeville, Rochefort, Sambreville, Sombreffe, Somme-Leuze, Viroinval, Vresse-sur-Semois, Walcourt, Yvoir
  3. a municipality of Papineau Regional County Municipality, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: Namür
  • Bulgarian: Намюр (Namjur)
  • German: Namür
  • Ottoman Turkish: نامور (Namür)
  • Persian: نامور (nâmur)
  • Russian: Намю́р (Namjúr)
  • Ukrainian: Намю́р (Namjúr)

See also

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [naˈmyːɐ̯]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Proper noun

Namur n (proper noun, genitive Namurs or (optionally with an article) Namur)

  1. Namur (a city in Namur, Belgium)
  2. Namur (a province of Belgium)

Declension

See also

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈna.mur/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -amur
  • Syllabification: Na‧mur

Proper noun

Namur m (indeclinable)

  1. Namur (a city in Belgium)
  2. Namur (a province of Belgium)

Further reading

  • Namur in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Proper noun

Namur m

  1. Namur (a city in Belgium)
  2. Namur (a province of Belgium)