Zwammerdam

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Dutch

Etymology

First attested as suadenburg in 1165. Compound of the toponym Old Dutch Suadenburg and dam (“dam”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Zwam‧mer‧dam

Proper noun

Zwammerdam n

  1. A village and former municipality of Alphen aan den Rijn, South Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

References

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