An industrial city in the Netherlands, capital of the province of Limburg, situated on the River Maas near the Belgian and German borders; population 118,004 (2008).
Definition of Maastricht in US English:
Maastricht
proper nounˈmäsˌtrikt
An industrial city in the Netherlands, situated on the Maas River near the Belgian and German borders; population 118,004 (2008). The treaty of the European Union was signed here in 1992.