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.

Example Sentences

Studio group Canal+ was listed in London, while advertising group Havas was listed in Amsterdam and publishing firm Louis Hachette Group in Paris.

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Earlier this year, a selection of 75 works was shown in Amsterdam, part of the celebrations of the 750th anniversary of the city’s founding.

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Perpetual stock needed a venue for trading, so the first exchange was created, in Amsterdam.

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Separate company Eurostar, Eurotunnel's biggest customer, operates passenger services through the tunnel between London and a number of other European cities on the continent, including Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam.

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She examined the ticket: first-class passage on the Royal Amsterdam, the finest Dutch clipper ship to sail the northern waters, leaving promptly at ten o’clock!

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