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)

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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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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