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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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

After high school in Haarlem, Schaft studied law at the University of Amsterdam, in the hopes of becoming a human rights lawyer.

From New York Times Jul. 7, 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

On the edge of Haarlem was a truck farm that hid refugees for short periods of time.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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