1. New Amsterdam - Noun
2. New Amsterdam - Proper 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
Source: WordNetEven old New York was once New Amsterdam. Why they changed it I can't say; People just liked it better that way. Istanbul was Constantinople Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople Been a long time gone, Constantinople Why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks! Jimmy Kennedy
A bottle of New Amsterdam Pink Whitney Spittin’ Chiclets vodka is shown on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. Source: Internet
According to Moore's tale, a Norwegian mercenary, Captain Jon Logerquist, founded Gotham City in 1635 and the British later took it over—a story that parallels the founding of New York by the Dutch (as New Amsterdam ) and later takeover by the British. Source: Internet
After meeting last Wednesday at the board’s New Amsterdam Office, all 8 elected executives were named. Source: Internet
A generally accepted version is that the name of the street was derived from an earthen wall on the northern boundary of the New Amsterdam settlement, perhaps to protect against English colonial encroachment or incursions by Native Americans. Source: Internet
A man is now nursing second degree burns about his body after a fibre glass boat that was moored at the New Amsterdam Stelling caught on fire yesterday and subsequently exploded. Source: Internet