Antwerp
pronunciation
How to pronounce Antwerp in British English:
UK [ˈæntwə:p]
How to pronounce Antwerp in American English:
US [ˈæntwəp]
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- Noun:
- a port in northern Belgium on the Scheldt river
Word Origin
- Antwerp
- port city in Belgium, French Anvers, from a Germanic compound of *anda "at" + *werpum "wharf" (see wharf). Folk etymology connects the first word with hand.
Example
- 1. Born in antwerp , rich came to the u.s. with his parents at age 8 .
- 2. Nello and patrasche were coming back from antwerp .
- 3. One day , a buyer came from antwerp and began to buy milk from the farms in the village .
- 4. The first " green train " left antwerp on monday for the dutch border .
- 5. The theft rattled antwerp , a world hub for trading in gems and precious metals .