Walcheren


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Wal·che·ren

(wäl′kə-rən, wôl′KHə-)
A region, formerly an island, of southwest Netherlands in the Scheldt estuary.
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Walcheren

(Dutch ˈwɑlxərə)
n
(Placename) an island in the SW Netherlands, in the Scheldt estuary: administratively part of Zeeland province; suffered severely in World War II, when the dykes were breached, and again in the floods of 1953. Area: 212 sq km (82 sq miles)
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