Middelburg
capital of the Dutch province of Zealand, on the island of Walcheren, 4½ miles N. E. of Flushing.
In former times it was one of the lead ing mercantile cities of the United Provinces, sending many ships to the East and West Indies, and the Levant (Thomas Cromwell was one of its mer- MIDDLESBROUGH chants); but its commercial importance has greatly declined. Pop. about 20,000. nitely used with reference to different