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Flanders

/ˈflɑːn.dəz/US/ˈflæn.dəɹz/

Flanders proper noun: a cultural region in the north of Belgium. Also the ellipsis of French Flanders.

Proper noun

Flanders (countable and uncountable, plural Flanderses)

  1. 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.2008 May 14, Steven Erlanger, “Seams of Belgium’s Quilt Threaten to Burst”, in The New York Times
  2. 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.1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio)...
  3. A region of Belgium. Official name: Flemish Region.
  4. A community of Belgium. Official name: Flemish Community.
  5. 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.
  6. The principal railway station in Lille, capital of the above.
  7. A village in the town of East Lyme, New London County, Connecticut.
  8. A historic district in the town of Kent, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
  9. An unincorporated community in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana.
  10. An unincorporated community in Green Township, Alpena County, Michigan.
  11. A census-designated place in Mount Olive Township, Morris County, New Jersey.
  12. A hamlet and census-designated place in Suffolk County, New York.
  13. A surname.

Also used as

Flanders is also the ellipsis of French Flanders.

Flanders is also the ellipsis of Zeelandic Flanders.

Flanders meaning in Arabic, Persian and Thai

Flanders in Arabic

region of Belgium
فْلَانْدِر flāndir
community of Belgium
فْلَانْدِر flāndir

Flanders in Persian

historical county
فلاندر flânder

Flanders in Thai

region of Belgium
แฟลนเดอร์ส flɛn-də̂əs
community of Belgium
แฟลนเดอร์ส flɛn-də̂əs

Forms of Flanders

pluralFlanderses

Origin of Flanders

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.

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Words that rhyme with Flanders

Questions about Flanders

What does Flanders mean?
Flanders means a cultural region in the north of Belgium.
What is Flanders in Arabic?
Flanders in Arabic is فْلَانْدِر (flāndir). See Flanders meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is Flanders?
Flanders is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Flanders?
Flanders is pronounced /ˈflɑːn.dəz/ (UK).

Words near Flanders in the dictionary

  1. flanderizations
  2. flanderize
  3. Flanderkin
  4. Flanderkins
  5. Flandermeyer
  6. Flanders
  7. Flanders poppies
  8. Flanders poppy
  9. Flanderses
  10. Flandreau
  11. Flandres Bay

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