Nieuw-Vennep

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Venneperdorp in 1867. Compound of nieuw (“new”) and the toponym Vennep, a former fiefdom named after the river Vennep (a compound of Old Dutch fenne (“peat bog, marsh”) and *apa (“river, watercourse”)).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Nieuw-‧Ven‧nep

Proper noun

Nieuw-Vennep n

1. A town in Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Nieuw-Venneper
• Nieuw-Venneps

References

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