Zwanenveld

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as de Zwaan in 1830-1855. Compound of the name of a road (derived in turn from the name of an inn, derived in turn from zwaan (“swan, Cygnus cygnus”)) and veld (“field”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈzʋaː.nə(n)ˌvɛlt/
Hyphenation: Zwa‧nen‧veld

Proper noun

Zwanenveld n

A neighborhood of Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands

References

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