Bijlmermeer

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Bijlmer (“a former village”) +‎ meer (“lake”). The toponym Bijlmer derives from a contraction of Old Dutch bindel (“connection, link”) and mere (“lake”). The meaning of the toponym was gradually forgotten, and the element meer was appended as a result. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌbɛi̯l.mərˈmeːr/ Hyphenation: Bijl‧mer‧meer Rhymes: -eːr === Proper noun === Bijlmermeer n Bijlmermeer (a neighborhood and former municipality of Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands) Synonyms: Bijlmer, Bims (nickname) ==== Derived terms ==== Bijlmermeerder ==== Descendants ==== → Sranan Tongo: Bimre === References === van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “Bijlmer”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN