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Eindhoven

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2008 | Copyright

Eindhoven , city (1994 pop. 196,130), North Brabant prov., S Netherlands, on the Dommel River. It is an industrial center and rail junction. Chartered in 1232, Eindhoven was a small town until the founding (1891) of the Philips Electrical Company; then the city rapidly expanded. The company, one of the world's primary electronics makers, is a powerful multinational corporation. In World War II, Eindhoven was taken (Sept., 1944) by Allied troops in a major airborne operation; a simultaneous landing at Arnhem failed. Eindhoven has a technical university.

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Eindhoven

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Eindhoven, The Netherlands Derived from the Old Dutch eind ‘end’ and hoven ‘property’ to mean the village at the end of a larger settlement.

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Eindhoven

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

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