Flanders.
A cultural region in the north of Belgium.
Meaning & usage
A cultural region in the north of Belgium.
A historical county of Western Europe; in full, County of Flanders.
A region of Belgium. Official name: Flemish Region.
A community of Belgium. Official name: Flemish Community.
Two provinces in Belgian Flanders, West Flanders and East Flanders.
Ellipsis of French Flanders: a former province of France.
Ellipsis of French Flanders: a region of France.
Ellipsis of Zeelandic Flanders: a region of Zeeland, the Netherlands.
The principal railway station in Lille, capital of the above.
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A place in the United States: A historic district in the town of Kent, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana.
A place in the United States: An unincorporated community in Green Township, Alpena County, Michigan.
A place in the United States: A census-designated place in Mount Olive Township, Morris County, New Jersey.
A place in the United States: A hamlet and census-designated place in Suffolk County, New York.
A surname.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English Flaundres, from Anglo-Norman Flaundre, Flaundres, from Middle Dutch Vlâendren pl, from Vlander, from Old Frisian, from Proto-West Germanic *flaumdr (“waterlogged land”), from *flaum (“flowing, current (water)”) (compare Old High German weraltfloum (“transitoriness of life”), Old Norse flaumr (“eddy”)), from Proto-Indo-European *plow-m- (“flow”) (compare Ancient Greek πλῠ́μα (plŭ́ma, “dishwater, washing water”)). More at flow. "Waterlogged" refers to the mudflats and salt marshes common to coastal Flanders.
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