Antwerpen

Meaning

1. (neuter) Antwerp (the largest city and provincial capital of the province of Antwerp, Belgium)
2. (neuter) Antwerp (a province of Flanders, Belgium)

Concepts

Antwerp

Province of Antwerp

Synonyms

Antwaarp

Translations

Anvers

Amberes

Antuérpia

Antwerpen

Anversa

Anvers

Anvers

Antverpia

Antuuerpia

Αμβέρσα

Antorf

province d’Anvers

Provinz Antwerpen

Αντβέρπ

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɑntˌʋɛr.pə(n)/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch Antwerpen, apparently from Medieval Latin Antwerpo, which, if of Germanic origin, like Frankish or Old Frisian, could be from Proto-West Germanic *anda- (“against”) + a noun derived from *werpan (“to throw”), meaning something like "land thrown up at something, "alluvial deposit."
Folk etymology derived it from handwerpen (“hand-throwing”), from hand + werpen, referring to a giant in Flemish legend named Antigoon, said to sever and fling the hands of any boatmen of the Scheldt who did not pay his toll. More at Antwerp.