Rotterdam

[rot-er-dam, rawt-uhr-dahm]

noun

1. a seaport in SW Netherlands.

2. a town in E New York, on the Mohawk River.

Rotterdam

/ ˈrɒtəˌdæm /

noun

1. a port in the SW Netherlands, in South Holland province: the second largest city of the Netherlands and one of the world's largest ports; oil refineries, shipbuilding yards, etc. Pop: 600 000 (2003 est)

Rotterdam

1. City in the western Netherlands, near the North Sea. Second-largest city in The Netherlands, after Amsterdam, and its major foreign-trade center.

The center of the city was destroyed during World War II by German bombs.

Example Sentences

Not far from CEAD, in the port city of Rotterdam, a company called Raw Idea and their 'Tanaruz' brand are looking at making a similar impact in the leisure market, especially rentals.

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Celtic fans belted out O'Neill's name during the closing stages in Rotterdam, paying tribute to one of their favourite sons.

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The company, based in Gorinchem near the port of Rotterdam, is accused of having continued to deliver goods and technology to Russia despite European Union curbs on Moscow.

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He has already survived one awkward moment in the campaign, when a joke about Crown Princess Amalia fell flat in front of 2,000 students in Rotterdam,

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At Eneco's headquarters in Rotterdam, Mr Kees-Jan Rameau highlights a large control panel that the company calls its "virtual power plant" and "the brain of our operations".

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