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 American English
(ˈrɑtərˌdæm; Dutch ˌ ʀɔtəʀˈdɑm)
seaport in SW Netherlands, in the Rhine delta: pop. 599,000