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Leeuwarden

[ ley-y-wahr-duhn ]

noun

  1. a city in N Netherlands.


Leeuwarden

/ ˈleːwɑrdə /

noun

  1. a city in the N Netherlands, capital of Friesland province. Pop: 91 000 (2003 est)


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Amongst the objects which attracted his attention was a sect of communistic mystics established near Leeuwarden.

The young women of Leeuwarden—the fair Frisians—are tall and strong and fresh looking; not exactly beautiful but very pleasant.

Once Leeuwarden was famous for its goldsmiths and silversmiths, but the interest in precious metal work is not what it was.

Stavoren may be dull and unalluring, but not so Hindeloopen, the third station on the railway to Leeuwarden, where we shall stay.

I gather from the account of Leeuwarden that the justices of that city once knew a crime when they saw one—none quicklier.

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