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{{Infobox settlement|name=New Amsterdam|official_name=City and Municipality of New Amsterdam|native_name=Nieuw Amsterdam|image_map=New Amsterdam 1.png|named_for=[[Amsterdam]]|established_title1=First settlement|established_date1=1624}}
'''New Amsterdam''' ([[Amerikaens]]: ''Nieuw Amsterdam'', Lenappi: ''Mannahata''), abbreviated as '''NAMS''', affectionately nicknamed '''Knickerbock''', and often going by the moniker '''the Green City''' (''De Grüne Metropöl''), is the capital and largest city of [[New Netherland]]. One of the oldest cities in America, it is considered as a pre-eminent world city. It is recognised as a cultural melting pot, incorporating traits derieved from its large Dutch, Palatine, French, Arab, and African populations. Organisations such as [[Jonkman Enterprises|Jonkman Corporation]] and the [[Organisatie der verenigde landen|OVL]] are headquartered in the city. New Amsterdam is a financial hub as well as one of fashion, philosophy, music, and cuisine.
It was founded by the West India Company in 1624 and became a municipal city in 1656. It defended itself against British aggression in the [[History of New Netherland#2nd Anglo-Dutch War (1664)|War of 1664]]. In the 18th century, the [[patroonship system]] produced the city's characteristic gentry. Immigration expanded the population rapidly. In the 1790s, [[History of New Netherland#New Netherland Independence (1795-1796)|civil and foreign conflict]] brought independence. During the [[History of New Netherland#The First Stadtholders|First Statholderate]], the city underwent land reclamation projects, urbanisation, and economic reform. After the [[History of New Netherland#The Second Patroon Constitution (1870-1903)|Constitution of 1870]], political instability plagued New Amsterdam until the [[History of New Netherland#The New Netherland Republican Revolution (1903)|Republican Revolution]], when democracy allowed the city to enter a new era of prosperity. Knickerbockers (New Amsterdam's denizens) were instrumental in civil rights reform in the 1910s and suffered during the [[European Economic Crisis|Great Economic Crisis]].
== Etymology ==
The city was named after the Dutch capital [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam Amsterdam]. It was previously
== History ==
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