Zwammerdam

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as suadenburg in 1165. Compound of the toponym Old Dutch Suadenburg and dam (“dam”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Zwam‧mer‧dam

Proper noun

Zwammerdam n

1. A village and former municipality of Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms

• Zwammerdammer
• Zwammerdams

References

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