Uitdam

Dutch

Uitdam aan het Markermeer.

Etymology

First attested as udam, wtdam and wtdamme in 1345. Derived from Middle Dutch uutdam (“dam located outside of a levee”). Compare Obdam.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Uit‧dam

Proper noun

Uitdam n

1. A village in Waterland, North Holland, Netherlands

References

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

Further reading

• Uitdam on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl