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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A settlement established in 1624 by the Dutch at the mouth of the Hudson River on the southern end of Manhattan Island. It was the capital of New Netherland from 1626 to 1664, when it was captured by the British and renamed New York.
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- proper noun historical The Dutch colonial settlement that later became
New York City .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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
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Examples
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Judd Greenstein, a composer and co-director of the new-music label New Amsterdam, was hired by organizers at Merkin Hall to curate the festival, whose concept he described as a kind of playing outside the box.
Playing Between Rock and a Classical Place Steve Dollar 2011
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They acquired it from natives in 1625 and dubbed it "New Amsterdam" - a name which stuck until the British conquered the area in 1664 and changed it to New York.
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They acquired it from natives in 1625 and dubbed it "New Amsterdam" - a name which stuck until the British conquered the area in
dispatch.com: RSS 2009
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They acquired it from natives in 1625 and dubbed it "New Amsterdam" - a name which stuck until the British conquered the area in 1664 and changed it to New York.
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Possibly New York City's most important anniversary this year is credited to Henry Hudson who in 1609 boarded his Dutch vessel, Halve Maen, to a place called New Amsterdam, later New York.
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In addition to reminding us that even New York was once known as New Amsterdam, the song closes with a fatalistic acceptance of change that Mr. Campbell seems to share:?
Call It What You Will Paul Beston 2009
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It used to be called New Amsterdam, but we forgive you.
President Remarks In Rotterdam Netherlands ITY National Archives 1997
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New York, so long known as New Amsterdam, but mist hid the low-lying hills and the _Half-Moon_ drifted on to James River; then, driven back by a heat hurricane, he made for the inlet on the old charts, which might lead yet east.
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New York, called New Amsterdam in early colonial times, was then the capital of the country, and here the boy grew up happy, seeing many sides of American life, both in the city and country.
The Elson Readers, Book 5 Christine M. Keck
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Dutch town, known as New Amsterdam, sprouting out of the southern end of it.
Christmas Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse Robert Haven Schauffler 1921
chained_bear commented on the word New Amsterdam
See Old New York.
January 17, 2011