or Hertogenbosch**, a city of Holland, capital of the province of North Brabant, 28 miles S.S.E. of Utrecht. It stands at the confluence of the Dommel and the Aa, and is strongly fortified, being defended by a citadel and two forts. The city is handsome and well built, and is intersected by several canals. It contains seven churches, among which is that of St John, founded in the beginning of the fourteenth century, and one of the finest ecclesiastical edifices in Holland. It has also a handsome town-hall, surmounted by a tower containing a fine set of chimes, an orphan asylum, grammar-school (once attended by Erasmus), prison, two hospitals, an arsenal, and barracks for 3000 troops. The trade of Bois-le-Duc is very considerable: it has several distilleries and glass-works, and manufactures of linen, needles, cutlery, &c. It is the seat of a vicar-general, and has tribunals of primary instance and commerce. Pop. 21,000.