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Haarlem

American  
[hahr-luhm] / ˈhɑr ləm /

noun

  1. a city in the W Netherlands, W of Amsterdam.


Haarlem British  
/ ˈhaːrlɛm /

noun

  1. a city in the W Netherlands, capital of North Holland province. Pop: 147 000 (2003 est)

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Just as Mino started out from humble beginnings in the family pizza restaurant business in Haarlem, near Amsterdam, Enzo came into football having run the family car garage near Naples.

From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2025

Agnolo Bronzino in Florence, Frans Hals in Haarlem, Hyacinthe Rigaud in Paris — lots of great European portrait painters exploited the language of wardrobe, but none more eloquently than Goya.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2023

The city of Haarlem, outside of Amsterdam, is set to ban advertising of “industrialized meat” in public spaces starting in 2025.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 16, 2023

Wednesday’s decision means that Schiphol “may not reduce the maximum number of flights … to 460,000,” the court in Haarlem said in a statement.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2023

When Ermelo had finally caught on to him, he had come to Haarlem and teamed up with Willemse and Kapteyn.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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