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The Dutch colony of New Amsterdam became the English colony of New York.
New Amsterdam in English, or 'Nieuw Amsterdam' in Dutch.New Amsterdam
The dutch name was: " Nieuw Amsterdam" (new amsterdam)
Amsterdam is the name of the Dutch city, in Dutch and in English. It means 'dam on the [River] Amstel' in Dutch. It started out as a small fishing village in the 12th century. Today, it's the capital and largest city in the Netherlands.
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New Netherlands is the name of the colony the Dutch established in the New World. It's primary city and default capital was New Amsterdam, which was directly assaulted by the British. The defeat at New Amsterdam forced the Dutch to evacuate any and all colonies in North America.
New Amsterdam is the original Dutch name for the modern New York City. The town was founded in 1625. The Dutch name was Nieuw Amsterdam. It was part of the Dutch settlement of what became the state of New York, in the subsequent United States of America.
It was named New Amsterdam by colonists of the Dutch settlers in 1625 & in 1664 the Dutch surrendered New Amsterdam to the English without a fight or bloodshed and renamed the city New York after the English Duke of York and Albany.
As a boy's christian name it means God is Gracious. As a Dutch name it means 'from'....if your Dutch name was Rijn van Amsterdam, your christian name would Rijn and you are from Amsterdam
"New Amsterdam" was the name given to Manhattan by Dutch settlers, as Amsterdam was the name of their big city in 1614-1664
The New Amsterdam name came from the dutch. It was named after a city in the Netherlands named Amsterdam. it was in houner for thier king
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