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Niel
Niel
English

Proper noun
Niel
Translations
Flemish town
Dutch
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [nil]
Etymology
- Possibly from the medieval word niel meaning "thrown face-down in the depths", from the Germanic nihwulia or niwaialho (meaning: "headlong, downward"). Furthermore, places with "Niel" in their names have been shown to invariably be lower-lying
Proper noun
Niel ?
- town on the river Rupel in the southwest of the Belgian province of Antwerp.