Associations to the word «Amsterdam»

Wiktionary

AMSTERDAM, proper noun. A major Dutch port city in North-Holland, nominal capital of The Netherlands.
AMSTERDAM POUND, noun. (obsolete) One of many locally defined weight measures called pound before the introduction of the metric system, important because of its use in the thriving Dutch maritime commerce, equivalent to 0,4941 kilogram.
AMSTERDAM POUNDS, noun. Plural of Amsterdam pound
AMSTERDAM TIME, proper noun. A timezone formerly used in the Nederlands, referring to UTC+00:20

Dictionary definition

AMSTERDAM, noun. An industrial center and the nominal capital of the Netherlands; center of the diamond-cutting industry; seat of an important stock exchange; known for its canals and art museum.

Wise words

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