Flanders
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- Royaume-Uni//ˈflɑːn.dəz//
- États-Unis//ˈflæn.dəɹz//
A cultural region in the north of Belgium.
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A cultural region in the north of Belgium.
But Wallonian legislators are blocking the changes, fearing that their power is eroding, that the Flemish are doing some legal ethnic cleansing and that a divided Belgium will end the subsidies that flow south from richer Flanders.
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A historical county of Western Europe; in full, County of Flanders.
When you went / Ambassador to the Emperor, you made bold / To carry into Flanders the great seal.
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A region of Belgium. Official name: Flemish Region.
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A community of Belgium. Official name: Flemish Community.
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Two provinces in Belgian Flanders, West Flanders and East Flanders.
Ellipsis of West Flanders: a province of Flanders, Belgium.
Ellipsis of East Flanders: a province of Flanders, Belgium.
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The principal railway station in Lille, capital of the above.
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A place in the United States: A village in the town of East Lyme, New London County, Connecticut.
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A place in the United States: A historic district in the town of Kent, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
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A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana.
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A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Green Township, Alpena County, Michigan.
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A place in the United States: A census-designated place in Mount Olive Township, Morris County, New Jersey.
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A place in the United States: A hamlet and census-designated place in Suffolk County, New York.
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A surname.
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Variante de French FlandersEllipsis of French Flanders: a former province of France.
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Variante de French FlandersEllipsis of French Flanders: a region of France.
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Variante de Zeelandic FlandersEllipsis of Zeelandic Flanders: a region of Zeeland, the Netherlands.
Étymologie
From Middle English Flaundres, from Anglo-Norman Flaundre, Flaundres, from Middle Dutch Vlâendren pl, from Vlander, from Old Frisian, from Proto-West Germanic *flaumdr (“waterlogged land”), from *flaum (“flowing, current (water)”) (compare Old High German weraltfloum (“transitoriness of life”), Old Norse flaumr (“eddy”)), from Proto-Indo-European *plow-m- (“flow”) (compare Ancient Greek πλῠ́μα (plŭ́ma, “dishwater, washing water”)). More at flow. "Waterlogged" refers to the mudflats and salt marshes common to coastal Flanders.
Formes
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- Flanderses
Flanders · A cultural region in the north of Belgium.
flank · To attack the flank(s) of.flap · Anything broad and flexible that hangs loose, or that is…flapping · that flaps or flap