Rotterdam

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch Rotterdam. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɹɒtə(ɹ)ˌdæm/ === Proper noun === Rotterdam A city in South Holland, Netherlands. A municipality of South Holland, Netherlands. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Rotterdam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Category:Rotterdam on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons == Dutch == === Etymology === First attested as rotter dam ter haluer rotte in 1280-1287. From Middle Dutch Rotterdam, a compound of the hydronym Rotte +‎ -er +‎ dam. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌrɔ.tərˈdɑm/ 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[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Rotte +‎ dam. === Proper noun === Rotterdam Rotterdam (a city in the modern Netherlands) ==== Inflection ==== This noun needs an inflection-table template. ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: Rotterdam === Further reading === “Rotterdam”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000