Tilburg

[ til-burg; Dutch til-bœrkh ]

noun

1. a city in the S Netherlands.

Tilburg

/ ˈtɪlbyrx; ˈtɪlbɜːɡ /

noun

1. a city in the S Netherlands, in North Brabant: textile industries. Pop: 198 000 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

While it’s difficult to interpret the exact size of the effects, they “seem large enough to be perceptible to the players themselves,” said Matti Vuorre, a psychological scientist at Tilburg University in the Netherlands who studies video games and other virtual environments.

From Los Angeles Times

Breda Mayor Paul Depla said the initial experiment in his city and Tilburg would help detect any “growing pains” in the system.

From Seattle Times

According to Arie Trouwborst, a professor of nature conservation law at Tilburg University, "the only effective way to protect vulnerable wildlife from cats is for people to keep their cats indoors or otherwise within their control — just as we expect pet owners to do with any other animal."

From Salon

But among the discoveries from the new video was that the sailors also cut away the larger guns, said Hans Van Tilburg, the maritime archeologist and historian for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries.

From Seattle Times

Hundreds of redheads from around the world have gathered in the southern Dutch town of Tilburg for an annual festival celebrating their amber locks.

From BBC