Definition of New Amsterdam

1. Noun. A settlement established by the Dutch near the mouth of Hudson River and the southern end of Manhattan Island; annexed by the English in 1664 and renamed New York.

Generic synonyms: Colony, Settlement
Group relationships: Greater New York, New York, New York City

Definition of New Amsterdam

1. Proper noun. (historical) The Dutch colonial settlement that later became New York City. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of New Amsterdam

Nevil Shute
Nevil Shute Norway
Neville
Neville Chamberlain
Nevis
Nevisian
New
New-Agey
New-York
New Age
New Age music
New Age traveller
New Ager
New Agers
New Agey
New Amsterdam (current term)
New Bedford
New Britain
New Brunswick
New Brunswicker
New Brunswickers
New Caledonia
New Caledonian
New Caledonian yew
New Caledonians
New Dealer
New Delhi
New Democrat
New Democratic
New Democratic Party

Literary usage of New Amsterdam

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the United States of America by Richard Hildreth (1880)
"... repairing the city palisade, and adding a trench and rampart as defenses against New England invasion. The proceedings at New Amsterdam of Leverett and ..."

2. History of the State of New York by John Romeyn Brodhead (1874)
"Returning to New Amsterdam, he was " suspected so vehemently" by Stuyvesant, that he was obliged to petition the municipal au-1 DM. thorities of the city, ..."

3. History of New Netherland by Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan (1855)
"Attempts to dislodge the English by force ; without success—Improvements in New Amsterdam—New fort—Church and other houses erected—Improvements at Fort ..."

4. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and by Washington Irving (1849)
"... of William Kieft the disposition of the inhabitants of New-Amsterdam experienced an essential change, so that they became very meddlesome and factious. ..."

5. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1903)
"New Amsterdam. Marchmont, Arthur W. A dash for a throne. ... New Amsterdam. Marshall, Beatrice. The siege of York: in the days of Thomas Lord Fairfax, il. ..."

6. History of New Netherland by Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan (1855)
"BOOK V. FROM THE INCORPORATION OF New Amsterdam TO THE FIRST WAR WITH THE ESOPUS INDIANS, 1652—1659. CHAPTER I. Effects produced in Holland by the death of ..."

7. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"1647, there arrived from Holland the new director, Peter Stuyvesant. He ruled supreme until 1664. when New Amsterdam surrendered to an English fleet. ..."

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