Nieuw-Vennep

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Venneperdorp in 1867. Compound of nieuw (“new”) and the toponym Vennep, a former fiefdom named after the river Vennep (a compound of Old Dutch fenne (“peat bog, marsh”) and *apa (“river, watercourse”)).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Nieuw-‧Ven‧nep

Proper noun

Nieuw-Vennep n

  1. A town in Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms
  • Nieuw-Venneper
  • Nieuw-Venneps

References
  • van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “Nieuw-Vennep”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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