Hai·naut (h -n  ,  -n) A historical region of southwest Belgium and northern France. It originated in the ninth century and was later joined, through royal marriages, with Flanders and Holland. Parts of Hainaut were annexed by France in the 1600s. |
Hainaut, Hainault (French) [ɛno]
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(Placename) a province of SW Belgium: stretches from the Flanders Plain in the north to the Ardennes in the south. Capital: Mons. Pop.: 1 279 467 (2000 est.). Area: 3797 sq. km (1466 sq. miles)
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