New Amsterdam

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
NA
Pronunciation
/nu ˈæmstərˌdæm/
Category
Governmental
Related Field
State & Local

Examples in Context

  1. The Dutch colony of New Netherland consisted of parts of modern New York ( New Amsterdam(NA) ) and New Jersey.
  2. Dutch colonists took this tradition with them to New Amsterdam(NA) ( now New York City ) in the American colonies in the17th century.
  3. The Dutch were the first settlers in New York, establishing Fort Orange near Albany in1624 and New Amsterdam(NA) on the island of Manhattan a year later.
  4. She will be back at the New Amsterdam(NA) Theater to perform in the19th Broadway Cares fund-raising gala on Monday.
  5. It was perhaps the first formal political petition for religious freedom in the American colonies, and the organizer was thrown in jail and then banished from New Amsterdam(NA).

Other meanings of NA