Geel

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proper noun

A city in Antwerp, Belgium.

OriginDutch Geel →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A city in Antwerp, Belgium.

    For over 700 years, residents of Geel have been accepting people with mental disorders, often very severe mental disorders, into their homes and caring for them.

    2016 July 1, Angus Chen, “For Centuries, A Small Town Has Embraced Strangers With Mental Illness”, in NPR, archived from the original on 24 Mar 2017

Origin

  1. DutchGeel
  2. DutchGeel
  3. EnglishGeel

Borrowed from Dutch Geel.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Geel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Geel

MLA

“Geel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Geel. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Geel,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Geel.

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