Bilderdam

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as bilresdam in 1364. Potentially a compound of a term cognate to Old English billere (“type of water plant”) and Middle Dutch dam (“dam”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Bil‧der‧dam

Proper noun

Bilderdam n

1. A hamlet in Kaag en Braassem, South Holland, Netherlands

References

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