Enschede

American  

[en-skhuh-dey] / ˌɛn sxəˈdeɪ /

noun

1. a city in E Netherlands.

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Enschede British  

/ ˈɛnsxədeː /

noun

1. a city in the E Netherlands, in Overijssel province: a major centre of the Dutch cotton industry. Pop: 152 000 (2003 est)

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Example Sentences

She was unable to work after things went south with her husband, she said, so she took to traveling, leaving her hometown of Enschede, in the Netherlands, which she confusingly spelled “Enskod.”

From Slate

The Enschede fireworks disaster killed 23, destroyed 400 homes and damaged 1,500 buildings.

From BBC

In May 2000 the city of Enschede, where Twente play, was the scene of a catastrophic disaster after an explosion at a fireworks warehouse.

From BBC

The other Dutch people in the group agreed that they preferred to read in English, said Ms. Hodge, who lives in the eastern city of Enschede.

From New York Times

For more than two years, home for Curt Bloch was a tiny crawl space below the rafters of a modest brick home in Enschede, a Dutch city near the German border.

From New York Times