Amsterdam
Americannoun
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a city in and the official capital of the Netherlands.
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a city in E New York.
noun
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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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No celebratory cannon fire greeted Beata de la Sablonière or her smaller entourage, including Eleonora, when they sailed from Berbice back to Amsterdam in 1774.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
Amsterdam itself was car-dominated until the 1970s when the Stop de Kindermoord movement was launched in response to the high number of child deaths.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Englishman Ross Smith won the final six legs to produce a shock 11-5 victory over two-time former winner Gerwyn Price in the World Series of Darts Finals in Amsterdam.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Her wonders of needle and thread, pliers and glue, 3-D printing and biotechnology are born in an Amsterdam studio, something between a cutting-edge lab and a medieval guild.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
The Amsterdam News and Ebony always printed pictures of blacks who worked in downtown offices or who had achieved some small recognition.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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