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Rijn

American  
[rahyn] / raɪn /

noun

  1. the Rhine.


Rijn British  
/ rɛjn /

noun

  1. the Dutch name for the Rhine

"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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Its first vessel, a sailing ship named the Rembrandt van Rijn, initially operated in Belize and the Galápagos.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

At the time, after being examined by an art expert, the police said: "It was, as suspected, a copy and not a lost masterpiece by Rembrandt van Rijn."

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2025

The Hals exhibition follows recent blockbuster shows at the Amsterdam museum showcasing the two other great names of 17th century Dutch art — Rembrandt van Rijn and Johannes Vermeer.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2024

With previous outbreaks it has ranged up to 50% in sheep, depending on the variant and location, says Piet van Rijn, a bluetongue expert at WBVR.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 11, 2023

Constantijn admired the painter Rubens, and “discovered” a young artist named Rembrandt van Rijn, in several of whose works he subsequently appears.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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