Monnickendam

Dutch

Het haventje van Monnickendam.

Etymology

First attested as monnickendam and monikendamme in 1288. Compound of Middle Dutch monic (“monk”) and dam (“dam”). Either named directly after a dam built by the monks of the Mariëngaarde monastery in Friesland or after a dam in the Monnikemeer lake, also named after monks from Mariëngaarde.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Mon‧ni‧cken‧dam

Proper noun

Monnickendam n

1. A city and former municipality of Waterland, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms

• Monnickendammer
• Monnickendams

References

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

Further reading

• Monnickendam on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl