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

  1. A hamlet in Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands.

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