Coevorden [SEP] named after
Coevorden
Coevorden (; Dutch Low Saxon: "Koevern") is a city and municipality in the province of Drenthe, Netherlands. During the 1998 municipal reorganisation in the province, Coevorden merged with Dalen, Sleen, Oosterhesselen and Zweeloo, retaining its name. In August 2017, it had a population of 35,267.
Etymology.
The name "Coevorden" means "cow ford(s) " or "cow crossing", similar to "Bosporus" or "Oxford".
History.
Coevorden received city rights in
The city of Coevorden may have indirectly given its name to the city of Vancouver, which is named after the 18th-century British explorer George Vancouver. The explorer's ancestors (and family name) may have originally come to England "from Coevorden" (van Coevorden  Vancoevorden  Vancouver). There is also a family of nobility with the surname van Coeverden, sometimes spelled with a K (as with Canadian kayaker Adam van Koeverden).
Geography.
Coervorden is located at in the south of the province of