Rotterdam

See also: rotterdam

English

Rotterdam "Line of Fire" memorial

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Rotterdam.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɹɒtə(ɹ)ˌdæm/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Proper noun

Rotterdam

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

Translations

city and port in the Netherlands

Chinese:
Mandarin: 鹿特丹 (zh) (Lùtèdān)
Dutch: Rotterdam (nl) n
Esperanto: Roterdamo (eo)
Farefare: Dɔtadam
Georgian: როტერდამი (roṭerdami)
German: Rotterdam (de) n
Hindi: रॉटर्डम (rŏṭarḍam)
Hungarian: Rotterdam (hu)
Korean: 로테르담 (Rotereudam)
Latin: Roterodamum n
Portuguese: Roterdão f
Russian: Роттерда́м (ru) m (Rottɛrdám)
Spanish: Róterdam (es)
Turkish: Rotterdam (tr)

Further reading

Rotterdam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Category:Rotterdam on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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

Rotterdam (a city and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands).
Synonyms: R'dam (abbreviation), Roffa (slang, nickname), Rotjeknor (nickname), 010 (area code, nickname), Manhattan aan de Maas (nickname), Mokum Reisj (historical, nickname), Dwalmdam (Carnival nickname)

Meronyms: Hoek van Holland, Hoogvliet, Pernis, Rozenburg

Derived terms

Rotterdammer
Rotterdams

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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