Nieuwendam

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Dutch

Een deel van Nieuwendam.

Etymology

First attested in 1507. Compound of an inflected form of nieuw (“new”) and dam (“dam”). Formerly an independent village.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Nieu‧wen‧dam

Proper noun

Nieuwendam n

  1. A neighbourhood and former municipality of Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

References

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

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