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Nimwegen

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

noun

  1. German name of Nijmegen.


Nimwegen British  
/ ˈnɪmveːɡən /

noun

  1. the German name for Nijmegen

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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 peace of Nimwegen which was concluded in 1678 settled nothing but merely anticipated another war.

From The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon

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 John Rudd

On the 8th of April he again shifted his encampment, and took his course along the right bank of the Meuse, between that river and the Rhine, in the direction of Nimwegen.

From The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1566-74) by John Lothrop Motley

Done in our city of Nimwegen, August 18, 1473.

From Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 by Ruth Putnam

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