Emmen

American

[em-uhn] / ˈɛm ən /

noun

a city in NE Netherlands.

Emmen British

/ ˈɛmə, ˈɛmən /

noun

a city in the NE Netherlands, in Drenthe province: a new town developed since World War II. Pop: 108 000 (2003 est)

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He returned last Dec. 23 in the first of five appearances during the 2021-22 season as second-half substitute, and he played the second half of this season’s opening match against Emmen on Aug. 6.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2022

The logo of Pratt & Whitney is seen in front of a F135-PW-100 fighter aircraft engine during a media presentation at the Swiss Air Force base in Emmen, Switzerland March 24, 2022.

From Reuters • Jul. 19, 2022

I was there on a road trip with my parents, and we stopped in the middle of the night in a small town called Emmen.

From Salon • Jul. 19, 2021

He was only seven and he and his mechanic arrived alone at a track in Emmen, Holland.

From The Guardian • Mar. 19, 2018

So I chose this latter Eastern way, which, at the bifurcation, takes one up a tributary of the Emmen, then over a rise to the Upper Emmen again.

From The Path to Rome by Belloc, Hilaire

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