a maritime town of the United Provinces, and capital of the island of Vuorn. It was one of the cautionary towns which were delivered into the hands of Queen Elizabeth, and garrisoned by the English during her reign and part of the next. The Dutch took it from the Spaniards in 1572, which was the foundation of their republic. It is seated at the mouth of the river Meuse, in E. Long. 3. 56. N. Lat. 52. 53.