New Netherland

American  

noun

1. a Dutch colony in North America (1613–64), comprising the area along the Hudson River and the lower Delaware River. By 1669 all of the land comprising this colony was taken over by England. New Amsterdam.

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New Netherland British  

/ ˈnɛðələnd /

noun

1. a Dutch North American colony of the early 17th century, centred on the Hudson valley. Captured by the English in 1664, it was divided into New York and New Jersey

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Example Sentences

Downing’s Dutch connections also facilitated the transformation of New Netherland into the British province of New York in 1664.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

The first was to wrest Manhattan Island from the control of the Dutch, whose colony of New Netherland had existed for 40 years.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2025

She went to Rhode Island and later, in 1642, sought safety among the Dutch in New Netherland.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

New Netherland failed to attract many Dutch colonists; by 1664, only nine thousand people were living there.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

Among the earlier chroniclers of New Netherland there is the widest difference of opinion about the chief actor in the drama.

From Dutch and English on the Hudson A Chronicle of Colonial New York by Goodwin, Maud Wilder