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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.
6. The principal railway station in Lille, capital of the above.

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