New Netherland

Definitions of New Netherland
  1. noun
    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
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    colony, dependency
    a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
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