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

• Obdammer
• Obdams
• Obdammerdijk

References

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