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Overdam

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Potentially attested as overdamme in 1263, attested with certainty as overdam in 1357. Compound of Middle Dutch oever (“over, on the other side of”) and dam (“dam”). Named after a farmhouse located on the other side of a ditch when seen from Loerik.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: Over‧dam

Proper noun edit

Overdam n

  1. A neighbourhood of Houten, Utrecht, Netherlands.

References edit

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