Nieuwer Ter Aa

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as aade in 1556. Derived from an inflected form of nieuw (“new”), te (“at”) and the hydronym Aa, derived from Middle Dutch aa (“watercourse, river”). The element nieuw was added to distinguish the settlement from Oud-Aa.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Nieu‧wer Ter Aa

Proper noun

Nieuwer Ter Aa n

  1. A village in Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.

References
  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “nieuwer ter aa”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎ (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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