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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as crabbendamme in 1413-1414. Potentially formed analogously to krabbendijk (“sea defence consisting of wooden poles located in front of the main levee”). Compare Krabbendijke.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Krab‧ben‧dam
Proper noun
Krabbendam n
- A village in Schagen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “krabbendam”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN