Amsterdam

American

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

noun

a city in and the official capital of the Netherlands.
a city in E New York.

Amsterdam British

/ ɑmstərˈdɑm, ˌæmstəˈdæm /

noun

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

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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It is currently listed on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

It started trading on the Euronext Amsterdam in September 2021 after a spinoff from Vivendi.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

The former One Direction star's tour has 67 dates - but lands in only seven cities - including 12 nights in London, 10 in Amsterdam and 30 in New York City.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

CSG, which made its trading debut in Amsterdam in January, makes armored vehicles, defense electronics, ammunition and advanced defense systems.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

He had visited Hugo de Vries’s garden in Amsterdam in the early 1900s and become particularly interested in de Vries’s plant mutants.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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