Amersfoort

[ ah-merz-fawrt, -fohrt, -mers- ]

noun

1. a city in the central Netherlands.

Amersfoort

/ ˈaːmərsfoːrt /

noun

1. a town in the central Netherlands, in E Utrecht province. Pop: 131 000 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

Having reached this resolve, I was nearly putting it into instant execution, by alighting at Amersfoort, but thought better of it.

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Plows were soon at work, and from the settlement thus begun grew the village of "New Amersfoort," now the town of Flatlands.

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The road running to Amersfoort turned off at an angle corresponding to the present line of Flatbush Avenue.

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That hill is famed for its height throughout the whole country, and bears the formidable name of 'the Amersfoort Mountain.'

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In the night the allies retreated to Amersfoort, leaving 300 sick behind them.

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