Hooglanderveen

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Hooglanderveen in 1899. Compound of the toponym Hoogland and veen (“peat bog, marsh”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Hoog‧lan‧der‧veen

Proper noun

Hooglanderveen n

1. A village in Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands.

   Synonym: 't Turfgat (Carnival nickname)

Derived terms

• Hooglandervener
• Hooglanderveens

References

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