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Deventer

American  
[dey-vuhn-ter] / ˈdeɪ vən tər /

noun

  1. a city in E Netherlands.


Deventer British  
/ ˈdeːvəntər, ˈdeɪvəntə /

noun

  1. an industrial city in the E Netherlands, in Overijssel province, on the River IJssel: medieval intellectual centre; early centre of Dutch printing. Pop: 88 000 (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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The charity described Van Deventer as the longest-held South African hostage.

From BBC Dec. 17, 2023

Dutch puzzle maker Oskar van Deventer even invented a set of seven six-sided dice that allow for three players in Buffett’s game.

From Scientific American Sep. 19, 2023

American forward Djordje Mihailovic scored his first goal in the Dutch Eredivisie, helping AZ Alkmaar to a 4-1 win at Go Ahead Eagles on Wednesday night in Deventer, Netherlands.

From Seattle Times Jan. 25, 2023

Large, in-person conferences originally scheduled for 2020 and the first half of 2021 have “mostly” been pushed to 2022, said Paul Van Deventer, president and chief executive of the group.

From New York Times Aug. 9, 2021

Of course, Deventer and I said nothing about our discovery.

From A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

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