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Apeldoorn

American  
[ah-puhl-dohrn, -dawrn] / ˈɑ pəlˌdoʊrn, -ˌdɔrn /

noun

  1. a city in central Netherlands.


Apeldoorn British  
/ ˈaːpəldoːrn, ˈæpəlˌdɔːn /

noun

  1. a town in the Netherlands, in central Gelderland province: nearby is the summer residence of the Dutch royal family. Pop: 156 000 (2003 est)

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The Olympic 1500m bronze medallist, 31, was the strong favourite in Apeldoorn but faded to fourth in the closing stages, as team-mate Revee Walcott-Nolan clinched her first international medal.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2025

The two-day event, live on the BBC, will double as the British trials for the European Athletics Indoor Championships, which take place in Apeldoorn, in the Netherlands, from 6-9 March.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2025

The city of Apeldoorn announced that it had provided short-term accommodation to ease the crisis and that the asylum-seekers would move on after four days to another location.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 26, 2022

“My livelihood and my network is being threatened,” said Ben Apeldoorn, whose farm in the province of Utrecht has about 120 cows producing milk for making cheese.

From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2022

On the Apeldoorn road is Sonsbeek, with a wooded park and small lakes, formerly a private seat and now belonging to the municipality.

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