New Amsterdam

[ am-ster-dam ]

noun

1. a former Dutch town on Manhattan Island: the capital of New Netherland; renamed New York by the British in 1664.
2. a city in NE Guyana, on the Berbice River.

New Amsterdam

noun

1. the Dutch settlement established on Manhattan (1624–26); capital of New Netherland; captured by the English and renamed New York in 1664

New Amsterdam

1. A city founded by Dutch settlers in the seventeenth century on the present site of New York City .

Notes

An early governor of the Dutch colony surrounding New Amsterdam bought Manhattan Island, the present center of New York City, from the Native Americans for twenty-four dollars' worth of jewelry.

Example Sentences

“I started at the New Amsterdam Theatre, when the ‘Lion King’ was there.

From Los Angeles Times

So, when the Dutch Consulate in New York approached Stonefish to ask if he’d help commemorate the anniversary of the 1624 establishment of the first Dutch settler colony, New Amsterdam, he was taken aback.

From New York Times

The teenagers said there was a fully stocked bar with New Amsterdam vodka and Malibu rum, with the games of beer pong using hard liquor instead.

From Salon

These concerts capitalized on Wild Up’s devoted attention to the Eastman catalog, which so far has included two portrait albums released on the New Amsterdam label.

From New York Times

But since it was founded in 1625 as the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, religious tolerance has been a bedrock of Manhattan’s vibrancy.

From New York Times