Amsterdam

[am-ster-dam, ahm-stuhr-dahm]

noun

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

2. a city in E New York.

Amsterdam

/ 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)

Amsterdam

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

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.