Boterveen

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as buttervenna around 1650. Compound of boter (“butter”) and Old Frisian fenna (“pasture, marshland”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌbɔ.tərˈveːn/
  • Hyphenation: Bo‧ter‧veen
  • Rhymes: -eːn

Proper noun

Boterveen n

  1. a hamlet in Westerveld, Drenthe, Netherlands

References

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