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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of northern Netherlands northeast of the Ijsselmeer, chartered in 1435.

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Examples

  • Leeuwarden is the capital of Friesland, and many artists show their work there.

    A Day on Skates: The Story of a Dutch Picnic 1934

  • What is also really cool is that Leeuwarden which is a smallish city already has over 1100 photos added to the

    The BFF 2008

  • In 2001, Faber moved from Leeuwarden to its current location in Heerenveen.

    Faber’s 2009 Fireplace Collection 2009

  • Aede didn't ask her where she wanted to go but went straight out of the town towards Leeuwarden, and rather to her surprise, right through it and on to the Groningen road.

    Politics 101 2010

  • Father has gone to Leeuwarden -- he's anaesthetizing at the hospital today.

    Politics 101 2010

  • However, the court in Leeuwarden in the north of Holland ruled that the punishment was too severe and that a written warning would have been more appropriate.

    McDonald's Loses Dutch Cheese Slice Case 2010

  • The AFP reports: "The dismissal was too severe a measure," the district court in Leeuwarden in the north of the Netherlands said in a written judgment.

    Court to McD's: It's Wrong To Fire Someone Over A Slice Of Cheese - The Consumerist 2010

  • "Do you think Friso would take us to Leeuwarden first, before you go?"

    Politics 101 2010

  • Aede wouldn't be home until the evening, it seemed, and no one knew what Friso was doing -- he had taken the morning surgery so that Or Van Minn en could go to Leeuwarden -- he had presumably gone to his own home.

    Politics 101 2010

  • Aede got reluctantly to his feet after a time and went off, cheerfully enough, back to his hospital in Leeuwarden.

    Politics 101 2010

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