Middelburg
a city in the SW Netherlands.
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How to use Middelburg in a sentence
He stayed a week at Domburg, a small seashore village near Middelburg.
The Life of James McNeill Whistler | Elizabeth Robins PennellOn July 10, 1901, the execution of one Marais took place at Middelburg.
In the Shadow of Death | P. H. Kritzinger and R. D. McDonaldHe was made pensionary (stipendiary magistrate) of Middelburg; and two years afterwards of Dort.
Nothing is known of his later life till towards its close, when he was residing at Middelburg.
In 1621 he accepted the office of pensionary of Middelburg, his first step toward official statesmanship.
British Dictionary definitions for Middelburg
/ (ˈmɪdəlˌbɜːɡ, Dutch ˈmɪdəlbyrx) /
a city in the SW Netherlands, capital of Zeeland province, on Walcheren Island: an important trading centre in the Middle Ages and member of the Hanseatic League; 12th-century abbey; market town. Pop: 46 000 (2003 est)
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