Obdam

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as opdam at the beginning of the 13th century. Compound of Middle Dutch op (“up, elevated”) and dam (“dam”). Compare Uitdam.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Ob‧dam

Proper noun

Obdam n

  1. a village and former municipality of Koggenland, North Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

References

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