Nieuw-Amsterdam

English Proper noun Nieuw-Amsterdam en village mun:suf/Emmen p:suf/Drenthe c/Netherlands en fortress/and/village/and/ressort/and/capital p/Commewijne c/Suriname Usage notes The hyphen is often dropped in English. Translations place in Suriname Caribbean Hindustani: hns Kilá Javanese: Caribbean Javanese: jvn Nyumpoto Sranan Tongo: srn Nyunfoto Dutch nl:+ (Nieuw-Nederland) Etymology (colony) Compound of nl nieuw new + nl Amsterdam (Dutch port city in Holland). (Drenthe) First attested as Nieuw Amsterdam in 1853. Compound of nl nieuw new + nl Amsterdam. The settlement was constructed by a company from Amsterdam. See also nds-nl Nei-Amsterdam. Pronunciation nl /ˈniu̯ ˌɑm.stərˈdɑm/ nl Nieuw- Am ster dam nl ɑm 4 nl Proper noun nl proper noun n Nieuw-Amsterdam New Amsterdam, the Dutch colony on the North American East Coast which later became British as New York (renamed after an English city) nl village mun/Emmen p/Drenthe c/Netherlands nl fortress/and/village/and/ressort/and/capital p/Commewijne c/Suriname Derived terms nl Nieuw-Amsterdammer m nl Nieuw-Amsterdams (adjective) Descendants en New Amsterdam 1 References