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- proper noun A province of the
Netherlands .
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Examples
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Its supply of news is so fresh and so reliable that everybody reads it, even the Roman Catholics in North Brabant and Limburg, Holland's two Catholic counties.
Dutch Life in Town and Country P. M. Hough
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When that great flood came, in the end of the thirteenth century, which formed the Zuyder Zee, 80,000 persons were drowned; in 1421, in one night 72 villages and 100,000 persons were swept away, and even so recently as the year 1855, there was a great inundation which invaded the provinces of Gueldres and Utrecht, and covered a great part of North Brabant.
Little Folks (November 1884) A Magazine for the Young Various
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When we come to investigate this claim we find that, of the eleven provinces of Holland, two are almost entirely Catholic, these being North Brabant, with 649,000 inhabitants, and Limburg, with 358,000 inhabitants.
Birth Control A Statement of Christian Doctrine against the Neo-Malthusians Halliday G. Sutherland 1921
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The annexation of Zeeland Flanders, henceforth known as Flanders of the States, ensured their position on the left bank of the stream, that of North Brabant with Bergen-op-Zoom, Breda and
Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day Emile Cammaerts 1915
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[5: 6] Holbach was a student in the University of Leyden in 1746 and spent a good deal of time at his uncle's estate at Heeze, a little town in the province of North Brabant (S.E. of Eindhoven).
Baron d'Holbach Cushing, Max Person 1914
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The Sisters of Our Lady, Mother of Mercy, came to America in 1874 from their mother-house at Tilburg, North Brabant, Holland.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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North Brabant and Gelderland have preserved the Faith, the result may be ascribed to the apostolic exertions of these zealous priests.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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Bergen-op-Zoom in North Brabant honour her as patron.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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Known as Brother Francis Xavier, founder of the Xaverian Brothers.b. at Elshout, North Brabant, Holland, 30 August, 1797, d. at Bruges,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Born on 9 August, 1822, at Herzogenbusch, North Brabant, he studied medicine, natural science, and the philosophy of Hegel at
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913
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