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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