Scheveningen

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Scheveningen

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Scheveningen

A neighbourhood in The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands.

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Etymology edit

First attested as scevenighe and scevenighen in 1280–1287. Potentially derived from the dative plural form of Old Dutch *Sceven (“a personal name”) suffixed with the collectivising suffix -ing-.

Pronunciation edit

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Hyphenation: Sche‧ve‧nin‧gen

Proper noun edit

Scheveningen n

A neighbourhood of Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
Synonym: Skiffa (slang, nickname)

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References edit

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