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Ankeveen
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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as tankenveen in 1344. Compound of nl dum Tanke a personal name and dum veen peat bog, marsh. The initial T- gradually came to be seen as the preposition nl te at and was dropped.
Pronunciation
nl An ke veen
Proper noun
n
nl village/and/former municipality mun/Wijdemeren p/North Holland c/Netherlands
nl Schuimlikkerveen<qq:Carnival nickname>
Derived terms
nl Ankevener
nl Ankeveens
References
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