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Definition of Arnhem

1. Noun. A city in the central Netherlands on the lower Rhine River; site of a battle in 1944 during World War II.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arnhem

Literary usage of Arnhem

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography: From the Earliest Times to 1900 by George Smith, Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1897)
"After providing for the government of the town, Sidney joined the main body of the army, which was with Leicester at Arnhem, but he was vernor of Flushing, ..."

2. The American in Holland: Sentimental Rambles in the Eleven Provinces of the by William Elliot Griffis (1907)
"Our goal was Arnhem. Here, our Dutch friends in Amsterdam had told us, ... So to Arnhem we came. At Nijmegen the American remembers how Schenk, ..."

3. Dutch Type by Jan Middendorp (2004)
"Arnhem Fine, a more subtly detailed face, is the headline version. , Unpublished trial issue of the governmental newspaper ..."

4. The History of the Scottish Church, Rotterdam: To which are Subjoined by William Steven (1833)
"Arnhem.—According to a chronicle of Arnhem, published a few years ago, it appears that ... It seems highly probable that the English Congregation at Arnhem, ..."

5. Sir Philip Sidney: Type of English Chivalry in the Elizabethan Age by Henry Richard Fox Bourne (1891)
"The Earl of Leicester had made Arnhem his headquarters, and Sidney was anxious that the success at Axel should be promptly followed by other attacks on the ..."

6. Daytrips Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg: 40 One Day Adventures by Rail, Bus by Earl Steinbicker (2006)
"There are several open-air museums in Holland, notably at Zaanse Schans and Enkhuizen, but this one, at Arnhem, is by far the largest and most complete. ..."

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