Rotterdam

English
Rotterdam "Line of Fire" memorial

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Rotterdam.

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Proper noun

Rotterdam

  1. A city in South Holland, Netherlands.
  2. A municipality of South Holland, Netherlands.

Translations

Further reading

Dutch
De Wilhelminapier hoort officieel bij het centrum van Rotterdam.
The Wilhelminapier belongs officially to the center of Rotterdam.

Etymology

First attested as rotter dam ter haluer rotte in 1280-1287. From Middle Dutch rotterdam, a compound of the hydronym Rotte + dam.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌrɔ.tərˈdɑm/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: Rot‧ter‧dam
  • Rhymes: -ɑm

Proper noun

Rotterdam n

  1. Rotterdam (a city and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands).
    Synonyms: R'dam (abbreviation), Roffa (slang, nickname), Rotjeknor (nickname), Manhattan aan de Maas (nickname), Mokum Reisj (historical, nickname), Dwalmdam (Carnival nickname)
    Meronyms: Hoek van Holland, Hoogvliet, Pernis, Rozenburg

Derived terms

See also
  • Category:Rotterdam Dutch

References
  • van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “rotterdam”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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