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Schardam
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Dutch
Alternative forms
nl Skardam West Frisian
Etymology
First attested as scaderdam in 1319. Etymology uncertain. Potentially derived from a hypercorrect rendering of dum schaerdam dam constructed on the bank of a body of water. Compare nl Scharwoude.
Pronunciation
nl Schar dam
Proper noun
n
nl village/and/former municipality mun/Edam-Volendam p/North Holland c/Netherlands
References
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