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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

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

Yeremy Pino won the ball off Italy legend Leonardo Bonucci outside his own box before firing in Spain's opener in Enschede, Netherlands.

From BBC Jun. 15, 2023

Miss Enschede was born on an island in the South Seas.

From The Ragged Edge by MacGrath, Harold

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