Alblasserdam

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as alblaser-damme in 1320. Univerbation of Alblasser (“of or pertaining to Alblas”) +‎ 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[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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