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Nimwegen

American  
[nim-vey-guhn] / ˈnɪm veɪ gən /

noun

  1. German name of Nijmegen.


Nimwegen British  
/ ˈnɪmveːɡən /

noun

  1. the German name for Nijmegen

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It is “just preposterous” to suggest this is evidence that animals were actually infected with SARS-CoV-2 and transmitted it to humans, says computational biologist Erik van Nimwegen.

From Science Magazine Mar. 21, 2023

The matter went thus: Friedrich Wilhelm was fighting, far south in Alsace, on Kaiser Leopold's side, in the Louis XIV War—that second one, which ended in the Treaty of Nimwegen.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 by Rudd, John

The military massacre went on, indeed, for some years longer in Germany and the Netherlands; but the Dutch Republic was saved, and peace ratified by the treaty of Nimwegen.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 by Rudd, John

England under Charles II., from the Restoration to the Treaty of Nimwegen.

From Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 by Various

He commenced two palaces of beautiful workmanship, one near Mayence and the other at Nimwegen, in Holland, and had a long bridge constructed across the Rhine at Mayence.

From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by Robinson, James Harvey

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