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Hoorn

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[hawrn, hohrn] / hɔrn, hoʊrn /

noun

  1. a city in NW Netherlands.


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It is thought that the wreck is most likely the Fame from Hoorn, an armed Dutch merchant ship that ran aground and sank in 1631.

From BBC

Lenie van der Hoorn was the first female competitor home that year.

From BBC

She was the youngest of three children of Salomon Minco, a traveling salesman, and Grietje Minco-Van Hoorn.

From New York Times

Treasure House was established by two of Masterpiece’s original founders, Harry Van der Hoorn and Thomas Woodham-Smith.

From New York Times

“Because of the geopolitical situation we have now with Russia, I feel that everybody sees the urgency” is greater now, said Melissa van Hoorn, the regional minister for climate and energy transition.

From New York Times