Utrecht Province in the context of Veenendaal


Utrecht Province in the context of Veenendaal

⭐ Core Definition: Utrecht Province

Utrecht (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈytrɛxt] ), officially the Province of Utrecht (Dutch: Provincie Utrecht), is a province of the Netherlands. It is located in the centre of the country, bordering the Eemmeer in the north-east, the province of Gelderland in the east and south-east, the province of South Holland in the west and south-west and the province of North Holland in the north-west and north. The province of Utrecht has a population of about 1,388,000 as of January 2023. With a land area of approximately 1,484 square kilometres (573 sq mi), it is the second smallest province in the country. Apart from its eponymous capital, major cities and towns in the province are Amersfoort, Houten, IJsselstein, Nieuwegein, Veenendaal and Zeist. The busiest railway station in the Netherlands, Utrecht Centraal, is located in the province of Utrecht.

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Utrecht Province in the context of Amersfoort Centraal railway station

Amersfoort Centraal is the main railway station in Amersfoort in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands. The station was an important link between the western part of the Netherlands and the north and east of the country until December 2012 when the Hanzelijn opened.

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Utrecht Province in the context of Central Dutch dialects

Central Dutch dialects are a group of dialects of the Dutch language from the Netherlands.They are spoken in Holland, Utrecht Province, south-western Gelderland, North Brabant and few parts of Limburg (Netherlands) and Friesland (Vlieland), and include Hollandic.It borders Low Saxon without Gronings, Limburgish, Brabantian and Zeelandic. Urkers, Frisian and Frisian mixed varieties are geographically close, too.

De analyse van taalvariatie in het Nederlandse dialectgebied has several classifications based on several characteristics: Considering distances in lexicon and pronunciation,it has some of the area of Central Dutch as Overijssel and vice versa,Centraal westelijke dialecten (Central Western dialects) and Central Dutch area is greatly contingent, Centraal zuidelijke dialecten (Central Southern dialects) is also greatly contingent with Central Dutch. Excluding one place in Holland, Central Dutch in the Netherlands can be grouped into a cluster in Central Gelderland and a one of other varieties. Both clusters border to Germany. Most varieties in Gelderland South of the aforementioned variety of Central Gelderland cluster together with the dialect of Amersfoort and several varieties in North Brabant. Boundaries have been drawn on the basis of old isoglosses.

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