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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

When he agrees, Uncle Cent finds him a job in Dordrecht, a town eighty-six miles from Pa and Ma in Etten and, even better for Vincent, only about thirty miles from Theo in The Hague.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

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