Deurne

American

[dur-nuh] / ˈdɜr nə /

noun

a former city in N Belgium, now part of Antwerp.

Deurne British

/ ˈdøːrnə /

noun

a town in N Belgium, a suburb of E Antwerp: site of Antwerp airport. Pop: 68 308 (2002 est)

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Drones were also seen close to Ostend and Antwerp's Deurne airports over the weekend, according to Belgian news site VRT.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025

VRT reported over the weekend that drones were also seen close to coastal Ostend and Antwerp's Deurne airports.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025

Antwerp federal police carried out five searches in Merksem, Borgerhout, Deurne, Sint-Jans-Molenbeek and Eupen on Monday night at the request of an investigating judge.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 28, 2023

Deurne, a few miles east of Helmond, the site of a prehistoric burial-ground, was an early fen colony.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various

You were then a pretty, fresh girl from Deurne, Nelle, with cheeks as red as a cherry and a nose like a pretty little seashell.

From Stories by Foreign Authors: Polish, Greek, Belgian, Hungarian by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

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