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Overijssel

American  
[oh-ver-ahy-suhl] / ˌoʊ vərˈaɪ səl /

noun

  1. a province in the E Netherlands. Zwolle.


Overijssel British  
/ oːvərˈɛisəl /

noun

  1. a province of the E Netherlands: generally low-lying. Capital: Zwolle. Pop: 1 101 000 (2003 est). Area: 3929 sq km (1517 sq miles)

"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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A court in Overijssel, an eastern provence bordering Germany, had said in a statement: “This behaviour is unacceptable in our society and demands that a penalty be imposed on the suspect.”

From The Guardian Feb. 5, 2018

The court in Overijssel suspended 16 days of the sentence and the man will not spend any more time in jail, having already spent 14 days in preventative custody last year.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2016

His father has a factory, I believe, somewhere in Overijssel.

From The Later Life by Louis Couperus

"And because of Emilietje's two witnesses: her Uncle Van Naghel, the Queen's Commissary in Overijssel, and Karel van Lowe, whereas she says that Van Saetzema is older than Karel and therefore...."

From Small Souls by Louis Couperus

After a while, he moved to the shore of the Zuyder Zee and into Overijssel.

From Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks by William Elliot Griffis

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