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amsterdam
/ˈæmstɚˌdæm/
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What does amsterdam mean?
proper noun
- A city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; the capital city of the Netherlands.
- The Dutch government.
- An unincorporated community in Merced County, California.
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proper noun
- An unincorporated community in Decatur County, Georgia.
- A minor city in Bates County, Missouri.
- A census-designated place in Gallatin County, Montana.
- An unincorporated community in Holland Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
- A town and city in Montgomery County, New York.
- A village in Jefferson County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Licking County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community in Brazoria County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in Botetourt County, Virginia.
- A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Buchanan, Saskatchewan, Canada.
- A town in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈæmstɚˌdæm/
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I have ascertained that when he went abroad, on getting his five thousand pounds, he went to Amsterdam.
Rich people at Amsterdam sent for the bulbs direct to Constantinople, and paid the most extravagant prices for them.
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A thousand guilders in the bank of Amsterdam, for example, are of more value than a thousand guilders of Amsterdam currency.
At length he made choice of a poor man of letters, who had worked ten years for the booksellers of Amsterdam.
One of the gentleman had given for a pig a very large quantity of red feathers, which he had gotten at Amsterdam.