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Leeuwarden

American  
[ley-y-wahr-duhn] / ˈleɪ üˌwɑr dən /

noun

  1. a city in N Netherlands.


Leeuwarden British  
/ ˈleːwɑrdə /

noun

  1. a city in the N Netherlands, capital of Friesland province. Pop: 91 000 (2003 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Watching film of him being greeted when he returned first to Leeuwarden, you can see the toll it has taken on him.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2024

He left the University of North Carolina after his junior season to sign with Zwolle in 1994, switched to Sparta Rotterdam in 1996 and Cambuur Leeuwarden in 1998.

From Washington Times • Dec. 2, 2022

Leeuwarden is located approximately 140 miles north of Amsterdam.

From Fox News • Mar. 9, 2022

In the northern city of Leeuwarden, hundreds of young people gathered in a central square, setting off fireworks and holding flares, before riot police moved in to push protesters out.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 2021

Therefore he went to Holland in 1629, and spent twenty years of quiet productivity in Amsterdam, Franecker, Utrecht, Leeuwarden, Egmond, Harderwijk, Leyden, the palace of Endegeest, and five other places.

From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Falckenberg, Richard

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