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City in South Holland province, Netherlands;
population (1988) 183,000. Industries include
textiles and cigars. It has been a printing
centre since 1580, with a university
established 1575. It is linked by canal to
Haarlem, Amsterdam, and Rotterdam. The
painters Rembrandt and Jan Steen were born
here.