Meaning

  1. A city and municipality, the capital of Utrecht province, Netherlands.
  2. A province of the Netherlands.

Translations

Utrecht

Ουτρέχτη

Traiectum

Traiectum ad Rhenum

Utrecht

Traiectensium

نورد هولاند

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈjuˌtɹɛkt/
Etymology

From Dutch Utrecht, from Middle Dutch and Old Dutch variants of ūt (“out, outside”) + Latin Trāiectum ad Rhēnum (“Crossing-on-the-Rhine”), the Roman fort at the location, from trāicere (“to cross, to send across”), from trāns- (“trans-: through, across”) + iacere (“to throw”).

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