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Bo⋅chum

[boh-khoom]
–noun
a city in central North Rhine-Westphalia, in W Germany. 413,400.
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Bo·chum   (bō'kəm, -KHŏŏm)   
A city of west-central Germany in the Ruhr Valley east of Essen. Chartered in 1321, it is an industrial and commercial center. Population: 384,000.
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Bochum

city, North Rhine-Westphalia Land (state), northwestern Germany. It lies in the heart of the industrial Ruhr district, between the cities of Essen (west) and Dortmund (east)

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