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NEW NETHERLAND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does New Netherland mean?
• NEW NETHERLAND (noun)
The noun NEW NETHERLAND has 1 sense:
1. a Dutch colony in North America along the Hudson and lower Delaware rivers although the colony centered in New Amsterdam; annexed by the English in 1664
Familiarity information: NEW NETHERLAND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Dutch colony in North America along the Hudson and lower Delaware rivers although the colony centered in New Amsterdam; annexed by the English in 1664
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
colony; dependency (a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country)
Holonyms ("New Netherland" is a part of...):
Empire State; N.Y.; New York; New York State; NY (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)
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