Alblasserdam

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as alblaser-damme in 1320. From Alblas (“Alblas”, a river) +‎ -er- +‎ dam (“dam”).

Pronunciation
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  • Hyphenation: Al‧blas‧ser‧dam

Proper noun

Alblasserdam n

  1. Alblasserdam (a village and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands).
    Meronym: Kortland

Derived terms
  • Alblasserdammer
  • Alblasserdams

References
  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “alblasserdam”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎ (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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