Hoboken

Hoboken (hōˈbōkən) [key], section of Antwerp, Antwerp prov., N Belgium, on the Scheldt River. It has large shipyards and wool-processing plants. A former industrial suburb of Antwerp, it was annexed by Antwerp in 1983.

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