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, South Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Roelofarendsvener
• Roelofarendsveens

References

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