Heerlen
[ heyr-luhn ]
/ ˈheɪr lən /
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noun
a city in the SE Netherlands.
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Heerlen
/ (ˈhɪələn, Dutch ˈheːrlə) /
noun
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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