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DUTCH CAPITAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dutch capital mean? 

DUTCH CAPITAL (noun)
  The noun DUTCH CAPITAL has 1 sense:

1. 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 museumplay

  Familiarity information: DUTCH CAPITAL used as a noun is very rare.


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DUTCH CAPITAL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Amsterdam; capital of The Netherlands; Dutch capital

Instance hypernyms:

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

Holonyms ("Dutch capital" is a part of...):

Holland; Kingdom of The Netherlands; Nederland; Netherlands; The Netherlands (a constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level)


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