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Tilburg

American  
[til-burg, til-bœrkh] / ˈtɪl bɜrg, ˈtɪl bœrx /

noun

  1. a city in the S Netherlands.


Tilburg British  
/ ˈtɪlbyrx, ˈtɪlbɜːɡ /

noun

  1. a city in the S Netherlands, in North Brabant: textile industries. Pop: 198 000 (2003 est)

"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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“Many grandparents provide regular care for their grandchildren – care that supports families and society more broadly,” said lead researcher Flavia Chereches, MS, of Tilburg University in the Netherlands.

From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 2026

When previewing the last dance in Tilburg, former Scotland international Leanne Crichton admitted it was a "bleak" campaign she was desperate to see the back of.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2025

Govan had recently flown in from Tilburg in the Netherlands, where he visited the TextielMuseum’s TextielLab with interdisciplinary artist and weaver Sarah Rosalena.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2025

Breda Mayor Paul Depla said the initial experiment in his city and Tilburg would help detect any “growing pains” in the system.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2023

When he was thirteen, he’d moved to Tilburg, a town about thirty miles northeast of Zundert, to attend the public King Willem II secondary school.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

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