Ruisseveen

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Ruisseveen in 1899. Compound of a variant of rus (“type of rush, Scirpus sp.”) and veen (“peat bog, marsh”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Ruis‧se‧veen

Proper noun

Ruisseveen n

  1. A neighbourhood of Veenendaal, Utrecht, Netherlands.

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