Deventer

American  

[dey-vuhn-ter] / ˈdeɪ vən tər /

noun

1. a city in E Netherlands.

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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)

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Deventer

There was nothing thriving, either, in the Voorstad neighborhood of Deventer, in the Netherlands, where in 2013 two bummed-out middle-aged men were sitting on their stoops, bemoaning the dreariness around them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026

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

I knew," said Deventer, before I could stop him, "that if my father was left behind with his factories to look after, he would find himself mightily short-handed.

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