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Heerlen

American  
[heyr-luhn] / ˈheɪr lən /

noun

  1. a city in the SE Netherlands.


Heerlen British  
/ ˈheːrlə, ˈhɪələn /

noun

  1. a city in the SE Netherlands, in Limburg province: industrial centre of a coal-mining region. Pop: 94 000 (2003 est)

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DSM logo is seen at the headquarters in Heerlen, Netherlands August 30, 2018.

From Reuters • Feb. 15, 2022

The mural will be on display there through Aug. 22, and has been booked for one additional public viewing: a stop at the Schunck Museum in Heerlen, the Netherlands, in March.

From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2021

He, in turn, led them to additional suspects: a 35-year-old Groningen man, a 28-year-old Heerlen man, all of whom knew each other through Anon-IB.

From The Verge • Apr. 29, 2018

These two men, from Groningen and Heerlen, have also been arrested.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2018

Some companies, such as the Dutch multinational Royal DSM in Heerlen, present two business cases for investments: one with and one without carbon pricing6.

From Nature • Oct. 30, 2017