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Heerenveen
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English
Etymology
en nl Heerenveen.
Proper noun
en village/and/municipality p/Friesland c/Netherlands.
Translations
village and municipality of the Netherlands
Dutch: nl Heerenveen n
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy It Hearrenfean
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as Sheerenfeen in 1579. From nl heer gentleman -en- veen peat bog, marsh. The settlement was named after the owners of the company which developed the land around the future settlement.
Pronunciation
nl /ˌɦeː.rə(n)ˈveːn/
nl Nl-Heerenveen.ogg
nl Hee ren veen
nl eːn 3
Proper noun
n
nl Heerenveen village/and/municipality p/Friesland c/Netherlands
nl Akkrum Anneburen Birstum Bontebok Brongerga De Knipe Gersloot Gersloot-Polder Haskerdijken Henshuizen Hoornsterzwaag Jubbega Katlijk Luinjeberd Meskenwier Mildam Nes Nieuwebrug Nieuwehorne Nieuweschoot Oldeboorn Oosterboorn Oranjewoud Oudehorne Oudeschoot Oude Schouw Pean Poppenhuizen Schurega Sorremorre Spitsendijk Sythuizen Terband Tjalleberd Warniahuizen
Descendants
en Heerenveen 1
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