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Which peoples settled in the Antwerp region after the great migrations of the 4th and 5th centuries?
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Antwerp
Guildhalls in the Grote Markt, Antwerp, Belgium.
Following the great migrations of the 4th and 5th centuries, the Antwerp region was occupied and Germanized by the Franks and possibly the Frisians. These groups were responsible for giving the city its present name, which is derived from Germanic roots indicating a structure erected against something or someone.1