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Enschede

American  
[en-skhuh-dey] / ˌɛn sxəˈdeɪ /

noun

  1. a city in E Netherlands.


Enschede British  
/ ˈɛnsxədeː /

noun

  1. a city in the E Netherlands, in Overijssel province: a major centre of the Dutch cotton industry. Pop: 152 000 (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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She was unable to work after things went south with her husband, she said, so she took to traveling, leaving her hometown of Enschede, in the Netherlands, which she confusingly spelled “Enskod.”

From Slate • Aug. 4, 2025

In May 2000 the city of Enschede, where Twente play, was the scene of a catastrophic disaster after an explosion at a fireworks warehouse.

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2024

For more than two years, home for Curt Bloch was a tiny crawl space below the rafters of a modest brick home in Enschede, a Dutch city near the German border.

From New York Times • Dec. 18, 2023

"We had it with the old politicians," voter Herman Borcher said in the eastern town of Enschede, welcoming the election outcome.

From Reuters • Nov. 23, 2023

Gutenberg’s patrices, according to Enschede, were made like bookbinders’ stamps, of yellow copper, i. e., brass.

From From Xylographs to Lead Molds; A.D. 1440-A.D. 1921 by Forster, H. C.

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