Rotterdam

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English

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Rotterdam "Line of Fire" memorial

Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch Rotterdam.

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Rotterdam

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

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Dutch

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Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl
De Wilhelminapier hoort officieel bij het centrum van Rotterdam.
The Wilhelminapier belongs officially to the center of Rotterdam.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌrɔ.tərˈdɑm/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Rot‧ter‧dam
  • Rhymes: -ɑm

Proper noun

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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

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References

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