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NEW NETHERLAND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Dutch colony in North America along the Hudson and lower Delaware rivers although the colony centered in New Amsterdam; annexed by the English in 1664
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
colony; dependency (a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country)
Holonyms ("New Netherland" is a part of...):
Empire State; N.Y.; New York; New York State; NY (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)
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