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/ˈæntwɝp/
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NOUN
- a busy port and financial center in northern Belgium on the Scheldt river; it has long been a center for the diamond industry and the first stock exchange was opened there in 1460
How To Use Antwerp In A Sentence
- Without warning or presage the still evening air was smitten and made softly musical by the pealing of a distant chime, calling vespers to its brothers in Antwerp's hundred belfries; and one by one, far and near, the responses broke out, until it seemed as if the world must be vibrant with silver and brazen melody; until at the last the great bells in the The Black Bag
- Orange himself, as burgrave of Antwerp, at the request of the duchess visited the town and with the aid of Brederode and Meghem succeeded in effecting a compromise between the Catholic and Protestant parties. History of Holland
- Helping me in my mission is the convenience of central Antwerp.
- Some 5,000 Kurds from across Europe have staged a demonstration in Brussels calling on the authorities to put an end to police abuse against representatives of the Kurdish diaspora in Belgium, local media has reported. carried out large-scale raids in Kurdish-inhabited districts in the capital, Brussels, as well as in the cities of Antwerp, Charleroi, Namur, and Verviers. RIA Novosti
- Born in Antwerp and trained as a marine artist, he excelled in portraying the busy life of ports.
- He meanwhile devoted himself to preserving peace in Antwerp, of which city he was burgrave.
- The Belgian army retreated to the town of Antwerp, leaving Brussels an open city.
- The Allies needed to control the West and East Scheldt - areas of sea to the north-west of Antwerp.
- As we would learn, religious Jews on bikes are a common sight in Antwerp, particularly around the train station, in the diamond district. Tablet Magazine
- Are there any cross-Channel ferries out of here tonight for Antwerp? CORMORANT