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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Dutch Rotterdam.
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Rotterdam
- A city in South Holland, Netherlands.
- A municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.
Translations[edit]
city and port in the Netherlands
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Further reading[edit]
- Rotterdam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Category:Rotterdam on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First attested as rotter dam ter haluer rotte in 1280-1287. From Middle Dutch rotterdam, a compound of the hydronym Rotte + dam.
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Proper noun[edit]
Rotterdam n
- Rotterdam (a city and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands).
- Synonyms: R'dam (abbreviation), Roffa (slang, nickname), Rotjeknor (nickname), 010 (area code, nickname), Manhattan aan de Maas (nickname), Mokum Reisj (historical, nickname), Dwalmdam (Carnival nickname)
- Meronyms: Hoek van Holland, Hoogvliet, Pernis, Rozenburg
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