Bilderdam

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as bilresdam in 1364. Potentially a compound of a term cognate to Old English billere (“type of water plant”) and Middle Dutch dam (“dam”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Bil‧der‧dam

Proper noun

Bilderdam n

  1. a hamlet in Kaag en Braassem, South Holland, Netherlands

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “bilderdam”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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