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Zeist

American  
[zahyst] / zaɪst /

noun

  1. a city in the central Netherlands.


Zeist British  
/ zaɪst, zɛjst /

noun

  1. a city in the central Netherlands, near Utrecht. Pop: 60 000 (2003 est)

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At a Scottish trial before a court at Camp Zeist in The Netherlands, Megrahi was found guilty of the bombing in 2001 and was jailed for life.

From Reuters • Dec. 12, 2022

His US team had won the World Cup in 1991 and he was invited to give a talk to a group of Dutch coaches in Zeist - the training centre for the national team.

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2022

Hendrikus Johannes Witteveen was born in the town of Zeist, in the central Netherlands, on June 12, 1921.

From Washington Post • May 1, 2019

After Heineken and the chauffeur were liberated, the Dutch police claimed to have found most of the ransom buried in a wooded area near the town of Zeist, thirty-five miles southeast of Amsterdam.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 30, 2018

The first missionary society ever formed in Holland was the Moravian Mission to Zeist, in 1732.

From History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology by Hurst, J. F. (John Fletcher)