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2024
New_Amsterdam
New Amsterdam
English
Proper noun
New
Amsterdam
(
historical
)
The Dutch colonial settlement that later became
New York City
.
Translations
former name of New York City, when it was a Dutch colony
Dutch:
Nieuw-Amsterdam
Portuguese:
Nova Amsterdam
f
,
Nova Amsterdã
f
(
Brazil
)
,
Nova Amesterdão
f
(
Portugal
)
Etymology
From the
Dutch
Nieuw-Amsterdam
; literally, new
Amsterdam
(
a city in the
Netherlands
)
.
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