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
- 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