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Leeuwarden

American  
[ley-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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"It was horrible, but you must be narrow-minded then. You must have only one purpose. I have to reach Leeuwarden," he says.

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

In the northern city of Leeuwarden, hundreds of young people gathered in a central square, setting off fireworks and holding flares, before riot police moved in to push protesters out.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 2021

Provincial scientific societies exist at Middelburg, Utrecht, ’s Hertogenbosch and Leeuwarden, and there are private and municipal associations, institutions and collections in a large number of the smaller towns.

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