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 (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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