Nijmegen: (pronounced in english: 'Nay Megan' (you will be made fun off when you pronounce it like this, but this is as close as it gets.))

A city with approximately 190.000 inhabitants located in the Netherlands.

Nijmegen is one of the largest cities in Holland, and possible the oldest large city too, since it was founded around 50 BC

The city was originally called 'Noviomagum' which in Dutch means 'nieuw megen' ('new megen'), which later got abbreviated to 'Nijmegen' ('Nij' is 6th century Dutch for 'new')

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