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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Following the devastating 2015-2016 El Niño, Morton worked with scientists from the University of California, Irvine; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; and the University of Maryland to examine how tropical fires followed shifting rainfall patterns.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

Shares climbed 3% in Amsterdam, while U.S. listed shares also rose premarket.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 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

This past weekend the teenager was once again subjected to boos and whistles from sections of the crowd as he took to the stage at the World Series of Darts in Amsterdam.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

I open up one of the websites I’ve been using to search records from Amsterdam in the war.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

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