Edam

Literally "the dam on the river Ye", and the river name literally means "river"; see ea.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈiːdæm/

Edam

1. A town in Edam-Volendam municipality, North Holland, Netherlands.
2. Edam cheese, made in the town.
3. A village in the Rural Municipality of Turtle River, Saskatchewan, Canada, named after the Dutch town.

• ADEM, ADME, Adem, Dame, MEDA, Mead, dame, made, mead

First attested as aedamme in 1342-1343. Compound of the hydronym Ee (derived from aa (“watercourse, river”)) and Middle Dutch dam (“dam”).

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• Hyphenation: Edam

Edam n

1. a city in Edam-Volendam, North Holland, Netherlands

   Synonym: Sufbrugge (Carnival nickname)

• Edammer
• Edams
• Edam-Volendam

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