Dutch colony
C2644
concept
A Dutch colony is a territory politically and economically controlled by the Netherlands, established primarily for trade, resource extraction, and strategic influence during the era of European imperial expansion.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dutch colonial possession | 5 |
| Dutch colony canonical | 5 |
| Dutch overseas possession | 1 |
| European colonial possession in India | 1 |
| early modern Caribbean colonies | 1 |
| territory of the Dutch West India Company | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: Dutch colony
Generated description
A Dutch colony is a territory politically and economically controlled by the Netherlands, established primarily for trade, resource extraction, and strategic influence during the era of European imperial expansion.
Instances (13)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Dutch Mauritius | Dutch overseas possession |
|
Abraham Rycken (Riker)
surface form:
New Netherland
|
— |
| New Holland | Dutch colonial possession |
|
Dutch Tobago (intermittently)
surface form:
Dutch Tobago
|
Dutch colonial possession |
| Dutch Tortuga (intermittently) | Dutch colonial possession |
| Dutch Brazil | — |
| Rensselaerswyck | — |
| Dutch Gold Coast | — |
| Caribbean colonies of the Dutch West India Company | early modern Caribbean colonies |
| Dutch Coromandel | Dutch colonial possession |
| Dutch Bengal | European colonial possession in India |
|
Minuit
surface form:
New Netherland
|
— |
| Dutch Angola | Dutch colonial possession |