Nieuwer Ter Aa

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as aade in 1556. Derived from an inflected form of nieuw (“new”), te (“at”) and the hydronym Aa, derived from Middle Dutch aa (“watercourse, river”). The element nieuw was added to distinguish the settlement from Oud-Aa.

Pronunciation edit

Hyphenation: Nieu‧wer Ter Aa

Proper noun edit

Nieuwer Ter Aa n

A village in Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.

References edit

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