Scheveningen

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Proper noun

Scheveningen

  1. A neighbourhood in The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands.

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as scevenighe and scevenighen in 1280–1287. Potentially derived from the dative plural form of Old Dutch *Sceven (a personal name) suffixed with the collectivising suffix -ing-.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Sche‧ve‧nin‧gen

Proper noun

Scheveningen n

  1. A neighbourhood of The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
    Synonym: Skiffa (slang, nickname)

Derived terms

References

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