Rhenen

First attested as uilla hreni in 855. Potentially derived from Proto-Germanic *hraini (“clean, pure”) suffixed with the toponymic suffix *ja- or from a compound of the hydronym Rijn and Old Dutch hēm (“home, settlement”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈreː.nə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: Rhe‧nen
• Rhymes: -eːnən

Rhenen n

1. A city and municipality of Utrecht, Netherlands.

   Meronyms: Achterberg, Elst, Laareind, Remmerden

• Rhenenaar
• Rhenens
• Renswoude

• van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “rhenen”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN