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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He was arrested in January 2025 and went on trial this week in the city of Dordrecht.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

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

It was while he was at the Military School at Breda that Descartes met the mathematician Isaac Beeckman, of Dordrecht, who introduced him to higher aspects of mathematics and became a long-term friend.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

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