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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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The label has operational headquarters in Santa Monica and corporate headquarters in Hilversum, Netherlands.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 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

Willem had the use of an official car for nursing-home business, but only within a radius of Hilversum.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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