Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of western Netherlands near the North Sea west of Amsterdam. Chartered in 1245, it is an industrial city best known as a flower-growing center and distribution point for bulbs, especially tulips.
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- proper noun The capital city of
North Holland ,Netherlands .
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Examples
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(Hills end - the wind in Haarlem can blow in from the sea all day and the Dutch bike anyway: -)
Suits and Spandex Mix at Annual Cascade Bicycle Club Fundraiser « PubliCola 2010
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Bride of Haarlem is clearly "a lass wi 'a tocher."
Gardening by Myself 1872
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Saw them perform 9-4 live during) toon) festival in Haarlem (Netherlands) during an Oceanclub evening.
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If the ship called the Haarlem had not been wrecked near the Cape, the Dutch East India Company would perhaps never have thought of establishing a refreshment station there.
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The cannon-ball embedded in the wall of the church, which the sacristan shows with so much interest, recalls Haarlem's great siege in 1572 -- a siege notable in the history of warfare for the courage and endurance of the townspeople against terrible odds.
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April and May are the best months for visiting Haarlem, which is the bulb nursery garden of the world.
Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 4 France and the Netherlands, Part 2 Various 1885
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Fifty years ago they diked off 45,000 acres of an arm of the sea, called Haarlem
Among the Forces Henry White Warren 1871
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To establish a place of amusement the governor formed a village called Haarlem, at the northern extremity of Manhattan island.
Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam 1841
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It would be great to cycle to the train station, fold the bike, hop on the train, train to Haarlem, then unfold the bike and cycle the last km to work.
PIMP MY ECO-RIDE CONTEST: Win a Strida Folding Bike! | Inhabitat 2009
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Born in the city of Haarlem, Halman played in the Dutch Pro League and was part of the gold-medal winning Dutch squad at the 2007 European Championship and played for the Netherlands at the 2009 World Baseball Classic.
Greg Halman Dead: Mariners Outfielder Killed In Rotterdam 2011
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