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Ostend

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Ost·end  (s-tnd, stnd) also Oost·en·de (-stnd)
A city of northwest Belgium on the North Sea west-southwest of Bruges. It was a German submarine base during World War I and was severely damaged by Allied bombing during World War II. Population: 69,100.
Ostend [ɒsˈtɛnd]
n
(Placename) a port and resort in NW Belgium, in West Flanders on the North Sea. Pop.: 68 858 (1995 est.) French name Ostende [ɔstɑ̃d] Flemish name Oostende
Translations
Ostend [ɒsˈtend] N → Ostende m
Ostend
n → Ostende nt


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Times are altered at Ostend now; of the Britons who go thither, very few look like lords, or act like those members of our hereditary aristocracy.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
Imagine, my lord, that when putting into Ostend to sell the few mackerel we had caught, I saw the ex-king walking on the downs waiting for his horses, which were to take him to the Hague.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Finding nothing to detain us about the spot where Ostend once had stood, we set out up the coast in search of the mouth of the River Rhine, which I purposed ascending in search of civilized man.
The Lost Continent by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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