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saint verhaegen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sain-t ver-hae-gen
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An annual student celebration in Brussels commemorating the founding of the Free University of Brussels in 1834 by Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Saint + Verhaegen. Partial calque of French Saint-Verhaegen. Named after Belgian lawyer and politician Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen (1796–1862).

Usage

Inflected Forms

Saint Verhaegens (plural)

Questions

What does saint verhaegen mean?
An annual student celebration in Brussels commemorating the founding of the Free University of Brussels in 1834 by Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen.
Where does saint verhaegen come from?
From Saint + Verhaegen. Partial calque of French Saint-Verhaegen. Named after Belgian lawyer and politician Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen (1796–1862).

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