Haarlem

American

[hahr-luhm] / ˈhɑr ləm /

noun

a city in the W Netherlands, W of Amsterdam.

Haarlem British

/ ˈhaːrlɛm /

noun

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

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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

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

Train enthusiasts Huub van de Pol and his wife Mariëlle from Haarlem in the Netherlands had planned a holiday around Huub's birthday on 20 August.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2022

All of Haarlem seemed to know what we were up to.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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