Aarlanderveen

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Aarleveen (dialectal, historical)

Etymology

First attested as arlederuene in 1214. Compound of the hydronym Aar (for which see Ter Aar), Middle Dutch lede (“excavated or canalised watercourse”) and vene (“peat bog, marsh”). The second element was gradually reinterpreted to land (“land”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Aar‧lan‧der‧veen

Proper noun

Aarlanderveen n

1. A village and former municipality of Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms

• Aarlandervener
• Aarlanderveens

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “aarlanderveen”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN