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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.
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
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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