Zouteveen
Dutch
editEtymology
editFirst attested as soutenvene and zoutenvene in 1280-1287. Compound of Middle Dutch sout (“salt”) and veen (“peat bog, marsh”). The toponym probably refers to a marsh occasionally flooded by the sea.
Pronunciation
edit- Hyphenation: Zou‧te‧veen
Proper noun
editZouteveen n
- A hamlet and former municipality of Midden-Delfland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.