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, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms
  • Roelofarendsvener
  • Roelofarendsveens

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