Nieuw-Amsterdam
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
- (colony) Compound of nieuw (“new”) + Amsterdam (Dutch port city in Holland).
- (Drenthe) First attested as Nieuw Amsterdam in 1853. Compound of nieuw (“new”) + Amsterdam. The settlement was constructed by a company from Amsterdam. See also Dutch Low Saxon Nei-Amsterdam.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
- New Amsterdam, the Dutch colony on the North American East Coast which later became British as New York (renamed after an English city)
- A village in Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands.
Derived terms[edit]
- Nieuw-Amsterdammer m
- Nieuw-Amsterdams (adjective)
Descendants[edit]
- → English: New Amsterdam
References[edit]
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN