Alblasserdam

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as alblaser-damme in 1320. From Alblas (“Alblas”, a river) +‎ -er- +‎ dam (“dam”).

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: Al‧blas‧ser‧dam

Proper noun

Alblasserdam n

1. Alblasserdam (a village and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands).

   Meronym: Kortland

Derived terms

• Alblasserdammer
• Alblasserdams

Related terms

• Alblasserwaard

References

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