Northern Belgium

Flan·ders (fl

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1. A historical region of northwest Europe including parts of northern France, western Belgium, and southwest Netherlands along the North Sea. For many centuries it enjoyed virtual independence and great prosperity as a center of the cloth industry. The Hapsburg wars in the Low Countries caused the eventual division of the region, which suffered heavy damage during both World Wars.

2. A Dutch-speaking region of northern Belgium. It was granted limited autonomy in 1980.

Flanders [ˈflɑːndəz]

(Placename) a powerful medieval principality in the SW part of the Low Countries, now in the Belgian provinces of East and West Flanders, the Netherlands province of Zeeland, and the French department of the Nord; scene of battles in many wars

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Flanders - a medieval country in northern Europe that included regions now parts of northern France and Belgium and southwestern Netherlands

Europe - the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles

Translations

Flanders [ˈflɑːndəz] N → Flandes m

Flanders [ˈflɑːndə^rz] n → Flandres fpl, Flandre f

Flanders

n → Flandern nt

Flanders [ˈflɑːndəz] nsg → le Fiandre fpl

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Aalst
Artevelde
Artois
Beghard
Belgique
burgomaster
corn poppy
Defoe
East Flanders
field poppy
Flanders poppy
Fleming
Flemish
genus Papaver
Giambologna
Haig
Hainaut
Kingdom of Belgium
Lille

Three of the reactors, two at the Doel plant in northern Belgium and one at Tihange in the south, were due to have been closed in 2015 after 40 years of operations but will now remain open until 2025.

Belgium delays nuclear phase-out until 2025: minister by AFP / AFP Global Edition

Thousands of car workers and supporters, including hundreds from Germany, protested at a threatened Opel factory in northern Belgium on Wednesday.

Britain complains to EU over Opel plan: report by AFP / AFP European Edition

Summary: Muslim schoolchildren in northern Belgium have been banned from wearing headscarves.

Controversial headscarf ban hits Belgium by Independent Television News Limited (ITN)

Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy
Northern Australia Tropical Transect
Northern Australian Geographic Information Systems
Northern Bachelor of Social Work Program
Northern Baptist
Northern Baptist College
Northern Baptist Convention
northern barramundi
Northern Basin and Range Province
Northern Basin River Ports
Northern Bayberry
Northern Beaches Christian Centre
Northern Beaches Community Consultative Health Planning Group
Northern Beaches Flyers
Northern Beaches Wedding Expo
Northern bean
Northern bear
Northern bear
Northern bears
Northern bears
Northern Bedford Community Athletic Association
Northern bedstraw
Northern Bee Producers Association
northern beech fern
Northern Beetle Owners Club
Northern Beetle Owners' Club

Northern Belgium

Northern Bengal Mounted Rifles
Northern Berkshire Beekeepers Association
Northern Berkshire United Way
Northern Berkshire Youth Hockey League
Northern Best Value
Northern Biosphere Observation and Modeling Experiment
Northern Birmingham Mental Health Trust
northern black bullhead
northern black bullhead
northern black bullhead
Northern Black Polished Ware
Northern black wattle
Northern Bleached Hardwood Kraft
Northern Bleached Kraft Pulp
Northern blot
Northern blot
Northern blot
Northern blot analyses
Northern blot analysis
Northern blot analysis
Northern blot technique
Northern blot technique
Northern blot technique
Northern blot technique
Northern blot test
Northern blots
Northern Blotting
Northern Blotting
Northern blottings
Northern bluefin tuna

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