Aachen (a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) · a special district (Kommunalverband besonderer Art) of North Rhine-Westphalia; full name Städteregion Aachen
eş: Bad Aachen, Kaiserstadt
köken: From Middle High German Āchen, from Old High German Āhha, from a Proto-West Germanic *Ākā (cf. Middle Dutch Âken), from Latin aqua (“water”), referring to the local thermal springs (which are known to have been exploited by the Romans, though their original name is not quite clear). A derivation from cognate Old High German ah(h)a (“flowing water”), from Proto-Germanic *ahwō, as claimed by…