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ROTTERDAM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Rotterdam mean?
• ROTTERDAM (noun)
The noun ROTTERDAM has 1 sense:
1. the 2nd largest city in the Netherlands; located in the western Netherlands near the North Sea
Familiarity information: ROTTERDAM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The 2nd largest city in the Netherlands; located in the western Netherlands near the North Sea
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Rotterdam" 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)
Context examples
It was an Indian cigar, of the variety which are rolled in Rotterdam.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Our journey here lost the interest arising from beautiful scenery, but we arrived in a few days at Rotterdam, whence we proceeded by sea to England.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
By all means go to Holland, and you can get a boat from Rotterdam to New York.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
We had agreed to descend the Rhine in a boat from Strasburgh to Rotterdam, whence we might take shipping for London.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
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