Nieuwveen

• (village) First attested as nuenvene in 1316. Compound of Middle Dutch niuw (“new, freshly cultivated”) and veen (“peat bog, marsh”).
• (former municipality) Compound of nieuw (“new”) and veen (“peat bog, marsh”). Named after a former fiefdom.

• Hyphenation: Nieuw‧veen

Nieuwveen n

1. A village and former municipality of Nieuwkoop, South Holland, Netherlands
2. A former municipality of South Holland, Netherlands

• Nieuwvener
• Nieuwveens

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “nieuwveen”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN