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Hilversum

American  
[hil-ver-suhm] / ˈhɪl vər səm /

noun

  1. a city in central Netherlands.


Hilversum British  
/ ˈhɪlvəsəm, ˈhɪlvərsym /

noun

  1. a city in the central Netherlands, in North Holland province: Dutch radio and television centre. Pop: 83 000 (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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Universal has operational headquarters in Santa Monica and corporate headquarters in Hilversum, Netherlands, where it trades on the Euronext Amsterdam.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

Valegård, who is also a part-time teacher at the International School Hilversum in the Netherlands, hopes the images will inspire his pupils to become scientists in the future.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 5, 2024

Mr Buwalda, from Hilversum, was found in a bathroom, while his co-defendant was arrested outside a Holiday Inn, the Old Bailey was told.

From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2016

Mr. Groot, born in 1946, grew up in Hilversum, the center of the Dutch broadcasting industry, in a home where Bakelite products were ubiquitous.

From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2010

“He just arrived in Hilversum this morning. Herr Gutlieber, my father.”

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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