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mokum?
Posted: 2005-10-26, 11:50 pm

iloveamsterdam
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what is the meaning of amsterdam having the nickname mokum?..
Re: mokum?
Posted: 2005-10-27, 12:59 am

Dave
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Mokum was a name given to Amsterdam by Ashkenazi Jews from Eastern Europe. The name Mokum stems, via Yiddish, from the Hebrew word makom, which means "place, location".
Re: mokum?
Posted: 2005-10-27, 12:28 pm

iloveamsterdam
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thanks man
Re: mokum?
Posted: 2005-10-27, 6:54 pm

katertje78
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Amsterdam slang actually has a lot of words derived from Jiddish.
For instance: "temeier" stems from the Jiddish word for "unclean". Guess what it means?
K.
Re: mokum?
Posted: 2005-11-03, 9:01 pm

greta
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totally fascinating the origin of the name

how great is it that after all the dreadful things the nazis did to the jews in amsterdam and holland - that a Jewish word triumphs and has a lasting palce in Amsterdam. Karma!!!

and how cool and fitting for amsterdam is that its nickname tincludes the word "kum"!!!!

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Re: mokum?
Posted: 2005-11-04, 2:03 pm

katertje78
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As in "mo' cum"?
Re: mokum?
Posted: 2005-11-04, 3:07 pm

greta
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>As in "mo' cum"?

please!

;-0/
Re: mokum?
Posted: 2005-11-04, 3:16 pm

Luther Head
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That old asshole Hitler is probably fuming in whatever hell he ended up in, because just a few minutes ago a tourist boat full of Jews just went by, filling the air on Prinsengracht with the tune "Hava Nagila".
Anne Frank and freedom forever, hatred never!
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