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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

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

At morning and evening worship, people drifted in and out, table manners were atrocious, one man took a walk into Haarlem every morning at 3:00 a.m.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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