Uitdam

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Dutch[edit]

Uitdam aan het Markermeer.

Etymology[edit]

First attested as udam, wtdam and wtdamme in 1345. Derived from Middle Dutch uutdam (“dam located outside of a levee”). Compare Obdam.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: Uit‧dam

Proper noun[edit]

Uitdam n

  1. A village in Waterland, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

References[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

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