Revier

Meaning

Synonyms

Kohlenrevier

Polizeidienststelle

Gerichtsbezirk

Streckenabschnitt

Baufeld

Gemeindegebiet

Stadtgegend

Rheinisch-Westfälischer Industriebezirk

Kulturhauptstadt Europas 2010

Rheinisch-Westfälisches Industriegebiet

Metropole Ruhr

Ruhrrevier

Abbaufeld

Jagdbezirk

Gemarkung

Herrschaftsgebiet

Machtbereich

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/reˈviːr/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Middle High German riviere (“undeveloped area; hunting ground; river”), borrowed, probably through Middle Dutch riviere (“river; riverside used for hunting birds”), from Old French riviere (“idem”), from Latin riparia (“riverside”). Cognate with modern Dutch rivier, English river, modern French rivière. The use as a proper noun goes back to the now-archaic designation rheinisch-westfälisches Kohlenrevier.

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