Mokum

City 	Yiddish 	Translation
Alkmaar 	Mokum Aye 	-
Amsterdam 	Mokum Alef 	City A
Berlin 	Mokum Beis 	City B
Delft 	Mokum Dollet 	City D
Rotterdam 	Mokum Resh 	City R
Winschoten	Mokum van het Noorden	City of the North
Mokum (מקום) is the Yiddish word for "place" or "safe haven".Yiddish Dictionary Online It is similar to the Hebrew word makom (מקום, "place"), from which it is derived.Milon In Yiddish the names of some cities in the Netherlands and Germany were shortened to Mokum and had the first letter of the name of the city, transliterated into the Hebrew alphabet, added to them. Cities named this way were Amsterdam, Berlin, Delft and Rotterdam.
Mokum, Aleph, is still used as a nickname for Amsterdam. The nickname was first considered to be Bargoens, a form of Dutch slang, but in the 20th century it lost its negative sound and is now used as a nickname for Amsterdam in a sentimental context.
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