Roelofarendsveen

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Roelifaerts Veen in 1575. Compound of Roelof (a personal name), Aertszoon (a surname) and veen (“peat bog, marsh”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Roe‧lof‧arends‧veen

Proper noun

Roelofarendsveen n

  1. a village in Kaag en Braassem, South Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

  • Roelofarendsvener
  • Roelofarendsveens

References

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