Broekvelden

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as BROEKVELDEN (DE) in 1840. Compound of broek (“marsh, marshland”) and the plural form of veld (“field”). Named after a polder.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Broek‧vel‧den

Proper noun

Broekvelden n

  1. a neighbourhood of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk, South Holland, Netherlands

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “broekvelden”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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