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Noun: Antwerp  'an,twurp
  1. A busy port and financial centre in northern Belgium on the Scheldt river; it has long been a centre for the diamond industry and the first stock exchange was opened there in 1460
    - Antwerpen, Anvers

Type of: city, metropolis, port, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: Belgique, Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium

Encyclopedia: Antwerp, OH