Valkeveen

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Valkeveen around 1734. Compound of Valke (a personal name) or valk (“falcon, Falco sp.”) and veen (“peat bog, marsh”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Val‧ke‧veen

Proper noun

Valkeveen n

  1. a hamlet in Huizen, North Holland, Netherlands

References

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