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Amersfoort

American  
[ah-merz-fawrt, -fohrt, -mers-] / ˈɑ mərzˌfɔrt, -ˌfoʊrt, -mərs- /

noun

  1. a city in the central Netherlands.


Amersfoort British  
/ ˈaːmərsfoːrt /

noun

  1. a town in the central Netherlands, in E Utrecht province. Pop: 131 000 (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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In a museum storage depot in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, a 17th-century painting by a Dutch old master is packed away, unseen and unappreciated.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2024

"We Dutch," Van Amersfoort says, "we don't like the polished world champion. We like the raw guy fighting for it. We like the bull fighters. And the Verstappens are like that."

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2021

For small to medium picturesque cities, take the train to Haarlem, Delft, Utrecht or Amersfoort.

From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2020

Schumacher, who turns 17 next month, competed with Van Amersfoort Racing in the 2015 German Formula 4 season.

From US News • Feb. 19, 2016

It was so strange to hear her say these things when the truth was that a couple of weeks ago these children had never met us, and our parents were really in Amersfoort.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

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