Vlissingen
Americannoun
noun
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London Metal Exchange warehouses in the Dutch city Vlissingen, most of them owned by Pacorini, hold about a third of all LME-registered aluminum stocks.
From Reuters • May 21, 2013
Its plant at the port of Vlissingen in the southwest of the Netherlands, which employed 600 people, was shut a few days later due to a lack of funds to pay energy suppliers.
From Reuters • Jun. 11, 2012
He noted that Flushing — undisputedly pronounced today like a “flushing toilet” — had once been called Vlissingen after a town on the Dutch-Belgian border, while Flatbush had been Vlacke bos.
From New York Times • May 25, 2011
Valero has expressed interest in acquiring a European refinery for over six years, and failed in a bid to buy a stake in Total S.A.’s Vlissingen plant in the Netherlands.
From BusinessWeek • Mar. 10, 2011
Byleveld, H.J.J., de geschillen met Frankryk betreffende Vlissingen sedert 1795 tot 1806.
From The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom 1795-1813 by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem
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