Zeewolde

Zeewolde

1. A village in Flevoland, Netherlands.
2. A municipality of Flevoland, Netherlands.

First attested as seaeuuald and seuuuald in 793. Compound of Old Dutch sew (“sea, lake”) and uuald (“marsh forest, swamp forest”). Originally the name of a forest somewhere near Gelderland. The name was later chosen as a suitable name for one of the planned villages in the Flevopolder.

• IPA^(key): /zeːˈʋɔl.də/

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• Hyphenation: Zee‧wol‧de
• Rhymes: -ɔldə

Zeewolde n

1. Zeewolde (a village and municipality of Flevoland, Netherlands)

   Meronym: Harderhaven

• Zeewoldenaar
• Zeewolder

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