1. a busy port and financial center in northern Belgium on the Scheldt river; it has long been a center for the diamond industry and the first stock exchange was opened there in 1460; [syn: Antwerpen, Antwerp, Anvers]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Anvers
n 1: a busy port and financial center in northern Belgium on the
Scheldt river; it has long been a center for the diamond
industry and the first stock exchange was opened there in
1460 [syn: Antwerpen, Antwerp, Anvers]