Amsterdam

American  

[am-ster-dam, ahm-stuhr-dahm] / ˈæm stərˌdæm, ˌɑm stərˈdɑm /

noun

1. a city in and the official capital of the Netherlands.

2. a city in E New York.

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Amsterdam British  

/ ɑmstərˈdɑm, ˌæmstəˈdæm /

noun

1. the commercial capital of the Netherlands, a major industrial centre and port on the IJsselmeer, connected with the North Sea by canal: built on about 100 islands within a network of canals. Pop: 737 000 (2003 est)

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Amsterdam Cultural  

1. Capital of The Netherlands, located in the west-central region of the country.

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Seat of one of the world's chief stock exchanges and a center of the diamond-cutting industry, the city is also known for its canals and for a great art museum, the Rijksmuseum.

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Amsterdam came alive with music, colour and celebration on Saturday, as thousands of people flocked to the canals to watch the city's annual Pride boat parade.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

Chief Executive David Zaslav spent much of July on a European jaunt, which included meetings with top Warner international executives and side trips to Amsterdam, Wimbledon and Spain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

Women were first allowed to compete in track and field at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Stock market players agreed, pushing the stock up by nearly eight percent at the opening bell of the Amsterdam trading session.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

“We gotta head down Broadway to get to Columbia Presbyterian, and then cross over to Amsterdam and take that up past Highbridge and Quisqueya Park.”

From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan