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Apeldoorn

American  
[ah-puhl-dohrn, -dawrn] / ˈɑ pəlˌdoʊrn, -ˌdɔrn /

noun

  1. a city in central Netherlands.


Apeldoorn British  
/ ˈaːpəldoːrn, ˈæpəlˌdɔːn /

noun

  1. a town in the Netherlands, in central Gelderland province: nearby is the summer residence of the Dutch royal family. Pop: 156 000 (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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High on confidence after running a personal best 6.49 secs to seal his breakthrough triumph in Dutch city Apeldoorn 13 days ago, he stated then that he was "coming to take it all".

From BBC Mar. 21, 2025

Britain end with six golds and 14 medals overall in Apeldoorn - their best tally at a European Championships.

From BBC Jan. 14, 2024

The city of Apeldoorn announced that it had provided short-term accommodation to ease the crisis and that the asylum-seekers would move on after four days to another location.

From Seattle Times Aug. 26, 2022

“My livelihood and my network is being threatened,” said Ben Apeldoorn, whose farm in the province of Utrecht has about 120 cows producing milk for making cheese.

From New York Times Aug. 20, 2022

The neighbourhood of Apeldoorn is very picturesque and well wooded.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various

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