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Amsterdam

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Amsterdam , city (1994 pop. 724,096), constitutional capital and largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, North Holland prov., W Netherlands, on the IJ, an inlet of the IJsselmeer. The city derives its name from the fact that it is situated where the small, bifurcated Amstel River (which empties into the IJ) is joined by a sluice dam (originally built c.1240). The city is cut by about 40 concentric and radial canals that are flanked by streets and crossed by 400 bridges. The canals give the city its nickname, "Venice of the North." Because of the underlying soft ground, Amsterdam... Read more
Amsterdam
Amsterdam Capital and largest city in the Netherlands, on the River...Amstel and linked to the North Sea by the North Sea Canal. Amsterdam was chartered in c. 1300 and joined the Hanseatic League...blockaded by the British during the Napoleonic Wars. Amsterdam was badly in the German occupation during World ... Read more
Amsterdam Assembly
Amsterdam Assembly (1948). The Assembly of Church leaders in Amsterdam which formally constituted the ‘ World Council of Churches ’. Read more

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