Amsterdam

American  

[am-ster-dam, ahm-stuhr-dahm] / ˈæm stərˌdæm, ˌɑm stərˈdɑm /

noun

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

2. a city in E New York.

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Amsterdam British  

/ 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)

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Amsterdam Cultural  

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

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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.

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Following the devastating 2015-2016 El Niño, Morton worked with scientists from the University of California, Irvine; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; and the University of Maryland to examine how tropical fires followed shifting rainfall patterns.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

An American Jew flying into Amsterdam might have to prove to Dutch authorities that his Israeli-made tefillin, or phylacteries, weren’t made in the holy city of Hebron.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

"A lot has been achieved in a short period of time", said Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh, a law professor at the University of Amsterdam who served as a legal expert in proceedings before all three courts.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Long Beach is not yet Amsterdam; it’s still a patchwork of protected lanes and unprotected ones of varying degrees of newness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

I had hoped there would be more new people this year, but September is almost over, and it seems like poetry is destined to stay the lowest-attended club at Amsterdam Heights.

From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan

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