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Vlissingen
(vlĭsˈĭng-ən) also Flush·ing (flŭshˈĭng)
A city of southwest Netherlands on an island in the Scheldt estuary and the North Sea. Chartered in 1247, it was one of the first Dutch towns to rebel against Spain (1572). Population: 45,000.