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

  • A city of central Netherlands on the Ijssel River. It is a transportation and industrial center.

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  • Gerlac, son of John, who was born hard by Zwolle, that is to say, at

    The Chronicle of the Canons Regular of Mount St. Agnes �� Kempis Thomas

  • Zwolle, which is confined almost entirely to the painting of the initial letters and the decorating of the borders with flourished scrolls of penwork very neatly drawn and terminating in equally neat but extremely fanciful flowers finely painted.

    Illuminated Manuscripts John William Bradley 1873

  • Florentius seeing that this was good, and that indeed no sacrifice could be more acceptable to God than zeal for souls, sent devout and learned men to other cities also to do a like work, especially to places where there were schools largely attended, such as Zwolle, Doesborch,

    The Chronicle of the Canons Regular of Mount St. Agnes �� Kempis Thomas

  • "He got this honour partly because he had played the very last competitive game of his career at the FC Zwolle stadium, when Feyenoord Johan's club at the time played FC Zwolle during the final game of the 1983-1984 season," writes Johan van Slooten.

    Has a player ever been idolised by a club he has never played for? | The Knowledge 2012

  • Johan Cruyff FC Zwolle have a stand named after the Dutch legend, despite Cruyff never playing for the Blauwvingers.

    Has a player ever been idolised by a club he has never played for? | The Knowledge 2012

  • In My Spaceship first live-performance ever, Zwolle october 30 2009 yep, that's me holding that mic and the silly waving of the hands.

    aaaaaahaaaaahaaaaaaa!!!!! splogman 2010

  • In My Spaceship first live-performance ever, Zwolle october 30 2009 yep, that's me holding that mic and the silly waving of the hands.

    Archive 2010-02-01 mrdantefontana 2010

  • The museum here had a nice exhibition of photos taken by a local photo club of “new residents”: people who were born in other countries but were now living in Zwolle and contributing to the community in some way.

    A city is only a city if it has a wall « The expat numbat: from AU to NL 2010

  • Next week January 27 his latest movie "slapendrijk" will have it's premiere in the local Deltion Theatre in Zwolle.

    Archive 2010-01-01 splogman 2010

  • Next week January 27 his latest movie "slapendrijk" will have it's premiere in the local Deltion Theatre in Zwolle.

    After 5 years (4) splogman 2010

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