Kolderveen

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as coldervene in 1362. Compound of koud (“cold”) and veen (“peat bog, marsh”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌkɔl.dərˈveːn/
Hyphenation: Kol‧der‧veen
Rhymes: -eːn

Proper noun

Kolderveen n

A village in Meppel, Drenthe, Netherlands.

Derived terms

Koldervener
Kolderveens
Kolderveense Bovenboer

References

van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

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