Middelburg

American  

[mid-l-burg] / ˈmɪd lˌbɜrg /

noun

1. a city in the SW Netherlands.

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Middelburg British  

/ ˈmɪdəlˌbɜːɡ, ˈmɪdəlbyrx /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

Born in 1935 on a farm in Middelburg, a small town in the South African province of Mpumalanga, Mahlangu learned to paint at the age of 10, taught by her mother and grandmother.

From The Guardian

Currently on show at Vleeshal in Middelburg in the Netherlands, Progressive Touch spares us almost nothing in the genital and oral departments, the universal mime of body parts, extrusions and insertions.

From The Guardian

About twenty others are still trapped at the Gloria coal mine in Middelburg, east of the capital, Pretoria.

From BBC

A court in the southwestern town of Middelburg ruled Thursday that there was insufficient evidence to support charges that the 23-year-old man deliberately burned the children at a summer camp in the summer of 2017.

From Washington Times

A court in the southwestern town of Middelburg ruled Thursday that there was insufficient evidence to support charges that the 23-year-old man deliberately burned the children at a summer camp in the summer of 2017.

From Seattle Times