Didam
Dutch
editAlternative forms
edit- Diem (dialect form)
Etymology
editFirst attested as diedehun in 1025. Compound of Old Dutch Diede (“a personal name”) and heem (“home, settlement”). The second element was gradually reinterpreted to dam (“dam”). Compare Zeddam.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editDidam n
- A town and former municipality of Montferland, Gelderland, Netherlands.
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- Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch
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- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:Dutch/ɑm
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- nl:Towns in Gelderland, Netherlands
- nl:Towns in the Netherlands
- nl:Historical political subdivisions
- nl:Places in Gelderland, Netherlands
- nl:Places in the Netherlands