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Leiden

(Encyclopedia)Leiden or Leyden both: līˈdən [key], city (1994 pop. 114,892), South Holland prov., W Netherlands, on the Old Rhine (Oude Rijn) River. Manufactures include medical equipment, machinery, graphic art...

Volendam

(Encyclopedia)Volendam vôˌləndämˈ [key], town, North Holland prov., N central Netherlands, on the Markermeer, near Amsterdam. A picturesque town largely unchanged since the 17th cent., it is a famous tourist s...

Zeist

(Encyclopedia)Zeist zīst [key], city (1994 pop. 59,258), Utrecht prov., central Netherlands, near Utrecht. It is largely residential; manufactures include pharmaceuticals and furniture. A settlement of the Moravia...

Frederick III, elector palatine

(Encyclopedia)Frederick III (Frederick the Pious), 1515–76, elector palatine (1559–76). The first German prince to accept Calvinism, he ordered the Heidelberg Catechism (1563) drawn up (see under Heidelberg). H...

Roosendaal en Nispen

(Encyclopedia)Roosendaal en Nispen rōˈsəndälˌ ən nĭsˈpən [key], city (1994 pop. 62,784), North Brabant prov., SW Netherlands, near the Belgian border. It is a transportation and industrial center. Manufact...

Vlaardingen

(Encyclopedia)Vlaardingen vlärˈdĭng-ən [key], city (1994 pop. 73,820), South Holland prov., SW Netherlands, on the Nieuwe Maas (New Meuse) River, near Rotterdam. It is an industrial city, a major port, and a fi...

Camperdown

(Encyclopedia)Camperdown kămˈpərdounˌ [key], Du. Kamperduin [the dune of Kamp], locality near the village of Kamp, North Holland prov., NW Netherlands, on the North Sea. In 1797 the British defeated the Dutch i...

Laurens, Henry

(Encyclopedia)Laurens, Henry lôrˈənz, lärˈ– [key], 1724–92, political leader in the American Revolution, b. Charleston, S.C. A wealthy merchant and planter, he was, in the years preceding the Revolution, a...

Namur, city, Belgium

(Encyclopedia)Namur, Du. Namen, commune (1991 pop. 103,443), capital of Namur prov., S central Belgium, at the confluence of the Meuse and Sambre rivers. It is a commercial and industrial center as well as a rail j...

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