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

The course makes a great loop of Friesland, initially heading south from Leeuwarden, before tracking to the coast then north to the towns of Harlingen and Dokkum, and back to the provincial capital.

From BBC

"It was horrible, but you must be narrow-minded then. You must have only one purpose. I have to reach Leeuwarden," he says.

From BBC

Watching film of him being greeted when he returned first to Leeuwarden, you can see the toll it has taken on him.

From BBC

He left the University of North Carolina after his junior season to sign with Zwolle in 1994, switched to Sparta Rotterdam in 1996 and Cambuur Leeuwarden in 1998.

From Washington Times

Michael van der Waal, who identified himself as Mieke Oort’s former boyfriend, told the Dutch newspaper the Leeuwarden Courant that the alleged suspect and Oort had dated, but the suspect grew angry after Oort cut ties, according to the Boston Globe.

From Fox News