Vredepeel

Dutch

Alternative forms
  • De Vredepieël (dialect form)

Etymology

First attested as in de Vreeij in 1712. Potentially derived from vrede (“fence, enclosed place, borderland”). The element peel (“marsh, swampland”) was added at a later date.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvreː.dəˌpeːl/
  • Hyphenation: Vre‧de‧peel

Proper noun

Vredepeel n

  1. A village in Venray, Limburg, Netherlands.

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