Dordrecht

American

[dawr-drekht] / ˈdɔr drɛxt /

noun

a city in southwest Netherlands, on the Waal River.

Dordrecht British

/ ˈdɔrdrɛxt /

noun

Also called: Dort. a port in the SW Netherlands, in South Holland province: chief port of the Netherlands until the 17th century. Pop: 120 000 (2003 est)

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The 6-foot-8 Noppert was released from second-division Dutch club Dordrecht at the end of the 2019-20 season, joined the top league’s Go Ahead Eagles in January 2021 and moved to Heerenveen this season.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 7, 2022

American forward Ricardo Pepi got his fifth goal in six games for Groningen, scoring in the 90th minute of a 3-0 win at Dordrecht on Wednesday night in the first round of the Dutch Cup.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2022

The ferry ride from Rotterdam to Dordrecht is only an hour long, but it seems to take you centuries away.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2021

But Sven Olaf Kamphuis, 39, denounced the case against him, and told the AD daily newspaper in a Skype interview that he would not appear in court in the southern Dutch city of Dordrecht.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 31, 2016

I’m sitting on a train on the way to Dordrecht in a nurse’s uniform, helping six children get to the border.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

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