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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of northern Belgium on the Scheldt River north of Brussels. One of Europe's busiest ports, it has been a center of the diamond industry since the 15th century. The first stock exchange was founded here in 1460.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The name of a city in Belgium, used to distinguish a breed of domesticated pigeons having a large, massive head and short, stout beak with a small wattle at the base.
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- proper noun A
province ofFlanders ,Belgium . - proper noun The capital city of the province of Antwerp.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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
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Examples
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FRANKFURT — General Motors Co. 's Adam Opel GmbH division on Monday confirmed that its Belgian plant in Antwerp will be closed at the end of the year as part of its comprehensive turnaround plan after no suitable buyer was found.
GM's Opel to Close Belgian Plant Christoph Rauwald 2010
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The other websites mentions additionally “that Ashley and Xavier will host an introduction to the Twilight Night in Antwerp and will appear on the red carpet.”
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A group of scientists have been growing diamonds, not to try to pawn off in Antwerp or anything, but rather to coat electrodes, and ultimately ...
Scientists Grow Diamonds To Clean Sewage Water Discovery News 2010
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We will continue production in Antwerp until the end of this year.
GM's Opel to Close Belgian Plant Christoph Rauwald 2010
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Daring to break into the famous World Diamond Center in Antwerp - where more than half of the world's diamonds are traded - the group made out with $100 million in jewels and other loot.
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A group of scientists have been growing diamonds, not to try to pawn off in Antwerp or anything, but rather to coat electrodes, and ultimately use them to clean up sewage.
Scientists Grow Diamonds To Clean Sewage Water Discovery News 2010
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MILAN (AP) U.S. rider Christian Vande Velde was slated to undergo surgery on his injured shoulder in Antwerp on Tuesday after crashing in the Giro d'Italia.
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But it is silent in Antwerp, Brussels and Leuven, as in The Hague, Amsterdam and Utrecht.
December Books 14) The Year's Best Science Fiction, 22nd Annual Collection, edited by Gardner Dozois papersky 2009
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A group of scientists have been growing diamonds, not to try to pawn off in Antwerp or anything, but rather to coat electrodes, and ultimately use them to clean up sewage.
Scientists Grow Diamonds To Clean Sewage Water The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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After marrying, the couple fled across Europe, holing up first in Antwerp, then London, then (this is where, for me, the story, for so long so fruity, gains the stamp of dreary authenticity) Hull and finally Belfast.
Dan Edelstyn: My quest for the family spirit Stuart Jeffries 2010
bilby commented on the word Antwerp
Who put the twerp in Antwerp?
May 23, 2010
milosrdenstvi commented on the word Antwerp
Doubtless the same fellow who put the harm in harmony.
May 23, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word Antwerp
And the sin in sincere.
May 23, 2010
bilby commented on the word Antwerp
And the ha in unhappy.
May 23, 2010
yarb commented on the word Antwerp
And the cunt in Scunthorpe.
May 26, 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word Antwerp
And the Ant in Antwerp.
May 28, 2010
yarb commented on the word Antwerp
And the other Ant, in Antofagasta.
May 28, 2010