Groningen
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Groningen is the name of several places:
Other uses
- Groningen (province)Groningen (province)Groningen [] is the northeasternmost province of the Netherlands. In the east it borders the German state of Niedersachsen , in the south Drenthe, in the west Friesland and in the north the Wadden Sea...
, a province of the Netherlands - Groningen (city), a city in the Netherlands, capital of the province with the same name
- GrøningenGrøningenGrøningen is a lake in the municipality of Snåsa in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The lake lies in the southeastern part of the municipality, just outside of Blåfjella–Skjækerfjella National Park, about north of the lake Holderen....
, a Norwegian lake - Groningen, Suriname
- Groningen, MinnesotaGroningen, MinnesotaGroningen is a small unincorporated community in Pine County, Minnesota, United States. Groningen is located immediately northwest of Sandstone near the intersection of Pine County 35, Pine County 28 , and the former Northern Pacific Railway...
- Groningen, Michigan
- GröningenGröningenGröningen is a town in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It lies approx. 40 km south-west of Magdeburg, and 10 km east of Halberstadt. It has 4,180 inhabitants . Gröningen is part of the Verbandsgemeinde Westliche Börde....
, a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany - Groeningen (North Brabant), the Netherlands, village
Other uses
- Groningen (cattle), a breed of dairy cattle from Groningen, black or red with a white head
- Groningen epidemicGroningen epidemicThe Groninger ziekte that broke out in 1826 was a malaria epidemic that killed 2,844 people—nearly 10% of the population of Groningen....
, a malaria epidemic that occurred in 1826 - Groningen 1946 chess tournamentGroningen 1946 chess tournamentGroningen 1946 was the first major international chess tournament to be held after World War II.Held at Groningen in August and September 1946, it was considered a miracle that the Netherlands could stage such an event just fifteen months after the end of the war.Mikhail Botvinnik won the...
- the first major international chess tournament to be held after World War II.
See also
- FC Groningen, the football club from Groningen, Netherlands
- Groningen GrizzliesGroningen GrizzliesPecoma Grizzlies Groningen were a professional ice hockey team in Groningen, The Netherlands. They played in the Dutch Eredivisie, the highest-level hockey division in the Netherlands...
, the Groningen ice hockey club