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Anvers

American  
[ahn-ver] / ɑ̃ˈvɛr /

noun

  1. French name of Antwerp.


Anvers British  
/ ɑ̃vɛr /

noun

  1. the French name for Antwerp

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The Belgian designer, who is of Turkish origin, studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Anvers.

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Slowly, painfully, through the hot summer day, our long, brown train went creeping towards Anvers!

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"A letter for you, Mr. Hamblin," said the captain, as he handed the professor a formidable envelope, postmarked "Anvers."

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Sir T. de Anvers—Gu., a chevron between three mullets or.

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Antwerp—or, as the French write it, Anvers—is a noble city on the River Scheldt, and is about twenty-seven miles from Brussels.

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