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Koelveen
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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as Koelveen in 1899. Compound of a dialectal variant of nl kuil pit, hole and nl veen peat bog, marsh. The toponym refers to a section of bog that had been excavated.
Pronunciation
nl /ˌkulˈveːn/
nl Koel veen
nl eːn 2
Proper noun
n
nl hamlet mun/Emmen p/Drenthe c/Netherlands
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