New Amsterdam

American  

[am-ster-dam] / ˈæm stərˌdæm /

noun

1. a former Dutch town on Manhattan Island: the capital of New Netherland; renamed New York by the British in 1664.

2. a city in NE Guyana, on the Berbice River.

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New Amsterdam British  

noun

1. the Dutch settlement established on Manhattan (1624–26); capital of New Netherland; captured by the English and renamed New York in 1664

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New Amsterdam Cultural  

1. A city founded by Dutch settlers in the seventeenth century on the present site of New York City.

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An early governor of the Dutch colony surrounding New Amsterdam bought Manhattan Island, the present center of New York City, from the Native Americans for twenty-four dollars' worth of jewelry.

Example Sentences

Since then he’s been an executive producer on “Cover Me,” “Cold Case,” “The Agency” and “New Amsterdam,” among other series.

From Los Angeles Times

Under their agreement, the city of New Amsterdam would keep its mixed population and the Dutch features of capitalism and relative tolerance, but the settlement and its inhabitants would transfer to English rule.

From Salon

“I started at the New Amsterdam Theatre, when the ‘Lion King’ was there.

From Los Angeles Times

So, when the Dutch Consulate in New York approached Stonefish to ask if he’d help commemorate the anniversary of the 1624 establishment of the first Dutch settler colony, New Amsterdam, he was taken aback.

From New York Times

These concerts capitalized on Wild Up’s devoted attention to the Eastman catalog, which so far has included two portrait albums released on the New Amsterdam label.

From New York Times