Aarlanderveen
Dutch
Alternative forms
- Aarleveen (dialectal, historical)
Etymology
First attested as arlederuene in 1214. Compound of the hydronym Aar (for which see Ter Aar), Middle Dutch lede (“excavated or canalised watercourse”) and vene (“peat bog, marsh”). The second element was gradually reinterpreted to land (“land”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Aar‧lan‧der‧veen
Proper noun
Aarlanderveen n
- A village and former municipality of Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
Derived terms
- Aarlandervener
- Aarlanderveens
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “aarlanderveen”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN