Edam meaning

ē'dəm, ē'dăm'
A mild, yellow Dutch cheese, pressed into balls and usually covered with red wax.
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A town in Holland.
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A type of cheese, see Edam cheese.
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Origin of edam

  • After Edam , a town in the western Netherlands
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • Literally "the dam on the river Ye," and the river name literally means "river;" see ea.
    From Wiktionary

Edam Sentence Examples

  • EDAM, a town of Holland in the province of North Holland, close to the Zuider Zee, about 13 m.

  • The facades are frequently adorned with carvings and inscriptions, one of which records the legend of the capture of a siren in 1403, who lived for some time among the people of Edam, but escaped again to the sea.

  • Edam has some trade in timber, while shipbuilding, rope-spinning and salt-boiling are also carried on.

  • Edam took its name and origin from the dam built on the little river Ye which joined the great Purmer lake close by.

  • In the next century Edam was a great shipbuilding centre, and nearly the whole of Admiral de Ruyter's fleet was built here; but in the same century the harbour began to get blocked up, and the importance and industrial activity of the city slowly waned.

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