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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] NOstende m
Ostend
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The 35-year-old insists it had always been his intention to move abroad, and he had no idea that he was a wanted man until he telephoned home from Ostend, Belgium.
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