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Leeuwarden

American  
[lay-y-wahr-duhn] / ˈleɪ üˌwɑr dən /

noun

  1. a city in N Netherlands.


Leeuwarden British  
/ ˈleːwɑrdə /

noun

  1. a city in the N Netherlands, capital of Friesland province. Pop: 91 000 (2003 est)

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The course makes a great loop of Friesland, initially heading south from Leeuwarden, before tracking to the coast then north to the towns of Harlingen and Dokkum, and back to the provincial capital.

From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2024

He left the University of North Carolina after his junior season to sign with Zwolle in 1994, switched to Sparta Rotterdam in 1996 and Cambuur Leeuwarden in 1998.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 2, 2022

Leeuwarden is located approximately 140 miles north of Amsterdam.

From Fox News ● Mar. 9, 2022

The event in Leeuwarden, about 90 minutes north of Amsterdam, is a last-chance qualifier that will send two teams in mixed doubles and three each in men’s and women’s to Beijing in February.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 10, 2021

Therefore he went to Holland in 1629, and spent twenty years of quiet productivity in Amsterdam, Franecker, Utrecht, Leeuwarden, Egmond, Harderwijk, Leyden, the palace of Endegeest, and five other places.

From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Richard Falckenberg

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