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