Nieuw-Amsterdam

Dutch

Etymology
  • (colony) Compound of nieuw (“new”) + Amsterdam (Dutch port city in Holland).
  • (Drenthe) First attested as Nieuw Amsterdam in 1853. Compound of nieuw (“new”) + Amsterdam. The settlement was constructed by a company from Amsterdam. See also Dutch Low Saxon Nei-Amsterdam.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈniu̯ ˌɑm.stərˈdɑm/
  • Hyphenation: Nieuw-‧Am‧ster‧dam
  • Rhymes: -ɑm

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)
  2. A village in Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands.

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

Descendants
  • → English: New Amsterdam

References
  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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