Dordrecht
a city in southwest Netherlands, on the Waal River.
- Also called Dort [dawrt]. /dɔrt/.
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How to use Dordrecht in a sentence
Huge rafts float down from the German forests, and at Dordrecht the logs are sawed by the many windmills.
The Harris-Ingram Experiment | Charles E. BoltonLeft alone in the big house at Dordrecht, he steadily resisted all temptations to public life.
The World's Greatest Books, Vol III | Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds.This was his neighbour, Isaac Boxtel, who lived next door to him in Dordrecht.
The World's Greatest Books, Vol III | Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds.He bequeathed his three tulip bulbs to Rosa, explained how she must get a certain soil from Dordrecht, and went out calmly to die.
The World's Greatest Books, Vol III | Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds."One failed, the second produced the black tulip, and the third is at home at Dordrecht," said Boxtel uneasily.
The World's Greatest Books, Vol III | Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds.
British Dictionary definitions for Dordrecht
/ (Dutch ˈdɔrdrɛxt) /
a port in the SW Netherlands, in South Holland province: chief port of the Netherlands until the 17th century. Pop: 120 000 (2003 est): Also called: Dort
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