Utrecht

Meaning

1. (neuter) Utrecht (a city, municipality, and capital of Utrecht, Netherlands)
2. (neuter) Utrecht (a province of the Netherlands)

Gender

Neuter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈy.trɛxt/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch utrecht, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Old Dutch ūt (“outside”) + Latin Traiectum, the name of the original Roman fort around which the city was built, a name meaning "crossing," from the verb traicio (“I go across, transfer”).

Sentences

Utrecht is eigenlijk best een kleine provincie .

Utrecht is actually quite a small province.