Boxmeer

== Dutch == === Alternative forms === Bóksmér (dialect spelling) === Etymology === First attested as mere in 1271. Compound of the surname Buch and meer (“lake”), used here in the rarer sense of "cut-off bend of a river". The interpretation of the second element as Middle Dutch meer (“marker, boundary marker”) is less likely. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɔksˈmeːr/ Hyphenation: Box‧meer Rhymes: -eːr === Proper noun === Boxmeer n a village and former municipality of Land van Cuijk, North Brabant, Netherlands Synonym: Boksmèr (Carnival nickname) ==== Derived terms ==== Boxmeerder Boxmeers === References === van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN