noun
a city in the central Netherlands on the lower Rhine River; site of a battle in 1944 during World War II
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑city, ↑metropolis, ↑urban center
• Part Holonyms: ↑Netherlands, ↑The Netherlands, ↑Kingdom of The Netherlands, ↑Nederland, ↑Holland
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Arnhem [Arnhem]
a town in the Netherlands, on the River Rhine. A famous ↑World War II battle took place there in 1944, when Allied forces tried, and failed, to capture a bridge over the Rhine. Thousands of people were killed. The battle was the subject of the film A Bridge Too Far.
See also ↑Allies
Useful english dictionary. 2012.