Nieuw-Amsterdam

Dutch

Etymology

• (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

• IPA^(key): /ˈniu̯ ˌɑm.stərˈdɑm/
• Hyphenation: Nieuw-‧Am‧ster‧dam
• Rhymes: -ɑm

Proper noun

Nieuw-Amsterdam n

1. New Amsterdam, the Dutch colony on the North American East Coast which later became British as New York (renamed after an English city)
2. A village in Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Nieuw-Amsterdammer m
• Nieuw-Amsterdams (adjective)

Descendants

• → English: New Amsterdam

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN