Doorn

British  

/ doːrn /

noun

1. a town in the central Netherlands, in Utrecht province: residence of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany from his abdication (1919) until his death (1941)

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Example Sentences

He had also been previously married to actress and professional ice skater Doorn van Steyn and singer Dorothy Squires.

From BBC

A few decades passed and then, in the early 1990s, a Dutch scientist named Hans van Doorn, who worked at a seed and chemical company called Novartis, was determined to figure out what chemical compounds made brussels sprouts so bitter.

From Salon

It held a key to solving van Doorn’s puzzle.

From Salon

The only child of Pieter Westra, a jewelry merchant, and Hendrika van Doorn, a storekeeper, she recalled a lonely childhood in which she learned to amuse herself.

From New York Times

Princess Hermine visited the ex-Kaiser at Doorn last spring and stayed about a week at the castle.

From New York Times