Hogeveen
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as hoogeveen in 1375. Compound of Middle Dutch hooch (“high, elevated”) and veen (“peat bog, marsh”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Ho‧ge‧veen
Proper noun
Hogeveen n
- A hamlet in Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “hogeveen”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN