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Zaandam

[ zahn-dahm ]

noun

  1. a former city in W Netherlands, on the Zaan River, now part of Zaanstad.


Zaandam

/ zaːnˈdɑm /

noun

  1. a former town in the W Netherlands, in North Holland: an important shipbuilding centre in the 17th century. It became part of Zaanstad in 1974
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

To the east the towers of Utrecht are visible, and to the north glitter in the morning sun the red roofs of Zaandam and Alkmaar.

The details of Peter's life at Zaandam are known to the "youngest schoolboy."

In little more than an hour having crossed the waters of the Y, they landed at Zaandam.

The journey must be made, because Zaandam is superficially the gayest town in Holland and the capital of windmill land.

“But the windmills of Zaandam beat them all hollow,” answered the gentleman.

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