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Cleves

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[kleevz] / klivz /

noun

  1. a city in W North Rhine-Westphalia, in W Germany.


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Henry sent him to paint Anne of Cleves, to help the monarch decide whether to make her his fourth wife.

From The Guardian • Jul. 16, 2020

In 1557, Anne of Cleves, who was briefly the fourth wife of England’s King Henry VIII, died in London at age 41.

From Washington Times • Jul. 16, 2020

And crime writer Ann Cleves, whose Vera Stanhope novels have been dramatised by ITV, has also congratulated Libby.

From BBC • Jul. 17, 2018

In the early 19th century, Capt. John Cleves Symmes Jr. thought the Earth had two holes located at the North and South poles that led to inner worlds.

From Washington Post • May 22, 2018

S. of Cleves at the junction of the railways Cologne-Zevenaar and Boxtel-Wesel.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various