Rotterdam

[ rot-er-dam; Dutch rawt-uhr-dahm ]

noun

1. a seaport in SW Netherlands.
2. a town in E New York, on the Mohawk River.

Rotterdam

/ ˈrɒtəˌdæm /

noun

1. a port in the SW Netherlands, in South Holland province: the second largest city of the Netherlands and one of the world's largest ports; oil refineries, shipbuilding yards, etc. Pop: 600 000 (2003 est)

Rotterdam

1. City in the western Netherlands , near the North Sea . Second-largest city in The Netherlands, after Amsterdam , and its major foreign-trade center.

Notes

The center of the city was destroyed during World War II by German bombs.

Example Sentences

One of the NIH-funded researchers, Ron Fouchier in Rotterdam, had altered H5N1 to make it more dangerous — so that it spread through respiratory droplets among caged ferrets, mammals that were the best simulation for humans’ susceptibility.

From Washington Post

The barrier must be expertly operated and perfectly maintained, which turned out to be more challenging and expensive than expected after the construction of a similar barrier protecting Rotterdam, the busiest port in Europe.

From Popular-Science

Port of Rotterdam Through the Suez Canal Suez Canal 8,288 nautical miles 34 days Port of Singapore Around the Cape of Good Hope 11,755 nautical miles 49 days Travel times may vary based on speed.

From Washington Post

So not only are its containers not getting to Rotterdam but no containers from any of the ships and none of the oil in the tankers waiting behind it can move forward.

From Washington Post

The ship, the Ever Given, is bound for Rotterdam, where it will unload the cargo it picked up in Malaysia.

From Washington Post

I help advise Omer, a twenty-eight year old journalist, in his doctoral studies at Rotterdam University.

From The Daily Beast

But compared to its peers, like Rotterdam or Amsterdam, New York City is not as well prepared.

From The Daily Beast

The infrastructure protecting low-lying Amsterdam and Rotterdam are built to withstand 10,000-year storms.

From The Daily Beast

He had just moved up from Kinheim to the Rotterdam Neptunes this year at the age of 22.

From The Daily Beast

We tried to get the Holland American line at Rotterdam but the wires were not working—were out of order.

From Project Gutenberg

Rollo had found, by the map, that the country all about Rotterdam was intersected by a complete network of creeks and rivers.

From Project Gutenberg

I propose to take her to the Rhine, where we will take the Rhine boat to Rotterdam.

From Project Gutenberg

Therefore, my aide and myself left at once on a train for Rotterdam.

From Project Gutenberg

He stopped this time at Nomouka, called Rotterdam by Tasman.

From Project Gutenberg