Breda

[ brey-dah ]

noun
  1. a city in the S Netherlands.

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How to use Breda in a sentence

  • All that ever was allowed was permitted to the slaves on the Breda estate, in the plain, a few miles from Cap Français.

    The Hour and the Man | Harriet Martineau
  • She kept her seat well behind her master, though still trembling when she alighted at the stables at Breda.

    The Hour and the Man | Harriet Martineau
  • The Breda estate, and every one near it, was to be ravaged when those on the north side of the plain were completely destroyed.

    The Hour and the Man | Harriet Martineau
  • The next turn of the path brought them upon Toussaint, who was advancing with the led horse from Breda.

    The Hour and the Man | Harriet Martineau
  • Toussaint suggested that a quantity of sugar from the Breda estate was now at Port Paix, lying ready for shipment.

    The Hour and the Man | Harriet Martineau

British Dictionary definitions for Breda

Breda

/ (ˈbriːdə, Dutch breˈdaː) /


noun
  1. a city in the S Netherlands, in North Brabant province: residence of Charles II of England during his exile. Pop: 164 000 (2003 est)

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