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Daemen College Alumni
Damen is a Dutch-language, Dutch patronymic surname meaning "son of Daam". Daam is an archaic nickname for Adam (given name), Adam. at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. Variant forms are ''Daamen'', ''Daams'', ''Daemen'', ''Daems'', and ''Dame''. People with the surname include: *Abby Damen (born 1992), New Zealand actress *Alessandro Damen (born 1990), Dutch football goalkeeper *Arnold Damen (1815–1890), Dutch Jesuit missionary in Chicago, founder of 8 schools **Damen Avenue in Chicago and its four Rapid Transit stations are named after him *Floris Damen (born 1999), Furry *Georgius Damen (1887–1954), Dutch cyclist *Gijs Damen (born 1979), Dutch freestyle swimmer *Grad Damen (footballer, born 1997), Grad Damen (born 1997), Dutch football midfielder * (born 1946), Belgian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch-language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic language spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language. It is the third most widely spoken Germanic language, after its close relatives German and English. ''Afrikaans'' is a separate but somewhat mutually intelligible daughter languageAfrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans was historically called Cape Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans is rooted in 17th-century dialects of Dutch; see , , , . Afrikaans is variously described as a creole, a partially creolised language, or a deviant variety of Dutch; see . spoken, to some degree, by at least 16 million people, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, evolving from the Cape Dutch dialects of Southern Africa. The dialects used in Belgium (including Flemish) and in Suriname, meanwhile, are all guided by the Dutch Language Union. In Europe, most of the population of the Netherlands (where it is the only official language spoken countrywi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
