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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))

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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

The next year he, Mr. Bennink and the bassist Jacques Schols accompanied Dolphy at the concert in the Dutch city of Hilversum that would be released as “Last Date.”

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2017

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

That process will start Wednesday at a military barracks in the Dutch town of Hilversum, after the first planes carrying remains arrive in the Netherlands on a national day of mourning.

From US News • Jul. 22, 2014

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

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom