a town in the NW Netherlands, in North Holland province, on the IJsselmeer: cheese, light manufacturing. Pop: 28 000 (2003 est; includes Volendam)
2.
a hard round mild-tasting Dutch cheese, yellow in colour with a red outside covering
Edam in American English
(ˈidəm, ˈidæm, Dutch eiˈdɑːm)
noun
a mild, hard, yellow cheese, produced in a round shape and coated with red wax
Also called: Edam cheese
Word origin
[1830–40; after Edam, town in the Netherlands, where it originated]This word is first recorded in the period 1830–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: format, grid, nationalism, orientation, showcase