Brigdamme

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as brigdamme around 1205. Compound of an umlauted form of brug (“bridge, jetty”) and the dative singular form of dam (“dam”).

See also Zealandic Perdamme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brɪxˈdɑ.mə/
• Hyphenation: Brig‧dam‧me
• Rhymes: -ɑmə

Proper noun

Brigdamme n

1. A hamlet and former municipality of Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands

References

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