Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
Rotterdam [rot-er-dam; for 1 also Dutch rawt-uh r-dahm] Examples noun
- a seaport in SW Netherlands.
- a town in E New York, on the Mohawk River.
Examples from the Web for rotterdam Contemporary Examples of rotterdam
I help advise Omer, a twenty-eight year old journalist, in his doctoral studies at Rotterdam University.
Matt Sienkiewicz
May 1, 2013
But compared to its peers, like Rotterdam or Amsterdam, New York City is not as well prepared.
The MTA and New York City Will Get Hit Again
Matthew Zeitlin
November 3, 2012
The infrastructure protecting low-lying Amsterdam and Rotterdam are built to withstand 10,000-year storms.
The MTA and New York City Will Get Hit Again
Matthew Zeitlin
November 3, 2012
He had just moved up from Kinheim to the Rotterdam Neptunes this year at the age of 22.
Nadette De Visser
November 23, 2011
Historical Examples of rotterdam
The first aspect of Rotterdam is strongly in favour of the people.
Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327
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This was her first voyage, and she was said to be the largest ship out of Rotterdam.
James Fenimore Cooper
Shall get to Ostend, or Rotterdam, safe and snug; thence to Paris.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Are you going to land them at the Hook or take them on to Rotterdam, sir?
Henry Seton Merriman
I have also given Erasmus of Rotterdam a Passion engraved in copper.
T. Sturge Moore
British Dictionary definitions for rotterdam Rotterdam noun
- a port in the SW Netherlands, in South Holland province: the second largest city of the Netherlands and one of the world’s largest ports; oil refineries, shipbuilding yards, etc. Pop: 600 000 (2003 est)
rotterdam in Culture Rotterdam
City in the western Netherlands, near the North Sea. Second-largest city in The Netherlands, after Amsterdam, and its major foreign-trade center.
Note The center of the city was destroyed during World War II by German bombs.
