Koelveen

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Koelveen in 1899. Compound of a dialectal variant of kuil (“pit, hole”) and veen (“peat bog, marsh”). The toponym refers to a section of bog that had been excavated.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌkulˈveːn/
Hyphenation: Koel‧veen
Rhymes: -eːn

Proper noun

Koelveen n

A hamlet in Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands

References

van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN