Niel

Etymology

 * 1) (town): Borrowed from.
 * 2) (surname): Borrowed from.

Proper noun

 * 1) A town on the river Rupel in the southwest of the Belgian province of Antwerp.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 尼尔

Etymology

 * Possibly from the medieval word niel meaning "thrown face-down in the depths", from the Germanic nihwulia or niwaialho (meaning: "headlong, downward"). Furthermore, places with "Niel" in their names have been shown to invariably be lower-lying

Proper noun

 * 1) town on the river Rupel in the southwest of the Belgian province of Antwerp.

Etymology
In France, most prevalent in Seine-Maritime.