Nieuw-Amsterdam

Dutch

Etymology

nieuw (“new”) + Amsterdam (Dutch port city in Holland).

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)

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

Descendants
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