Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Attested as Roelifaerts Veen in 1575. Compound of Roelof (a personal name), Aertszoon (a surname) and veen (peat bog, marsh).

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: Roe‧lof‧arends‧veen

Proper noun edit

Roelofarendsveen n

  1. A village in Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms edit

References edit

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