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Amsterdam

proper noun

  1. capital and most populous city of the Netherlands
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈæmstədæm/ / /ˌæmstəˈdæm/ / /ˈamstədam/

name

Etymology: Etymology tree Dutch Amsterdambor. English Amsterdam Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdam.

  1. A city and municipality of North Holland, Netherlands; the capital city of the Netherlands.

    The Dutch seat of government is not the metropolis of Amsterdam but The Hague.

    While Amsterdam is the largest city in the province of Noord-Holland, Haarlem is the province capital.

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  13. A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Buchanan, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  14. A town in Mpumalanga province, South Africa.