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NEW AMSTERDAM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
colony; settlement (a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government)
Holonyms ("New Amsterdam" is a part of...):
Greater New York; New York; New York City (the largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center)
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