Rotterdam

English

Rotterdam "Line of Fire" memorial

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Rotterdam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɒtə(ɹ)ˌdæm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Rotterdam

1. A city in South Holland, Netherlands.
2. A municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.

Translations

city and port in the Netherlands

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鹿特丹 (zh) (Lùtèdān)

• Dutch: Rotterdam (nl) n
• Esperanto: Roterdamo (eo)
• Farefare: Dɔtadam
• Georgian: როტერდამი (roṭerdami)
• German: Rotterdam (de) n
• Hindi: रॉटर्डम (rŏṭarḍam)
• Hungarian: Rotterdam (hu)
• Korean: 로테르담 (Rotereudam)
• Latin: Roterodamum (la) n
• Portuguese: Roterdão f
• Russian: Роттерда́м (ru) m (Rottɛrdám)
• Spanish: Róterdam (es)
• Sranan Tongo: Porifoto
• Turkish: Rotterdam (tr)

Further reading

• Rotterdam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Rotterdam on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Dutch

De Wilhelminapier hoort officieel bij het centrum van Rotterdam.
The Wilhelminapier belongs officially to the center of Rotterdam.

Etymology

First attested as rotter dam ter haluer rotte in 1280-1287. From Middle Dutch Rotterdam, a compound of the hydronym Rotte +‎ -er +‎ dam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌrɔ.tərˈdɑm/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Rot‧ter‧dam
• Rhymes: -ɑm

Proper noun

Rotterdam n

1. 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

Derived terms

• Rotterdammer
• Rotterdams

See also

• Category:Rotterdam Dutch

References

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

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Rotte +‎ dam.

Proper noun

Rotterdam

1. Rotterdam (a city in the modern Netherlands)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: Rotterdam

Further reading

• “Rotterdam”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000