flanders

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English - Turkish
(Coğrafya) Flamanya: Belçika, Fransa ve Hollanda topraklarının bazı bölgelerinde yaşayan Flemenklerin bölgesi
{i} Flandra
Felemenk
English - English
Two provinces in Belgian Flanders: (West-Flanders and East-Flanders)
Short for French Flanders, a former province of the French kingdom on territory taken from the above countship, now constituting the French department Nord
The principal railway station in Lille, capital of the above
A subnational state in the north of federal Belgium, the institutional merger of a territorial region and the Dutch language 'community' which also has/shares some authority in the capital region Brussels
The Countship of Flanders, of varying extent

When you went / Ambassador to the Emperor, you made bold / To carry into Flanders the great seal.

{i} region in northwestern Europe (includes parts of Belgium, France, and the Netherlands)
a flat area consisting of what is now part of Belgium, the Netherlands, and northern France. Important battles were fought here in the First World War. Flemish Vlaanderen Medieval principality extending along the coast of the Low Countries. Its lands are now included in the French département of Nord, the Belgian provinces of East Flanders and West Flanders, and the Dutch province of Zeeland. Ruled by Baldwin I in 862, Flanders began to grow as a commercial centre, fostered by its strategic location between the Mediterranean Sea and the Scandinavian and Baltic countries. It passed to Burgundy in 1384 and then to the Austrian Habsburgs in 1477. It remained part of the Netherlands under Spanish rule in the 17th century. It was the scene of fighting during both World War I and World War II. Limited autonomy was granted to Belgian Flanders in the 1980s, and it became one of the three regions in the new federation of Belgium in 1993
The subnational state Flanders in the north of Belgium
The principal railway station in Lille
The historical County of Flanders
Two provinces in Belgium (West-Flanders and East-Flanders)
A region in the French department Nord
a medieval country in northern Europe that included regions now parts of northern France and Belgium and southwestern Netherlands

Related Terms

East Flanders
One of the ten provinces Belgium, with capital Ghent
East-Flanders
Alternative spelling of East Flanders
Imperial Flanders
The (smaller) part of the countship of Flanders, east of the Scheldt (Escaut), for which the count didn't pay homage as vassal of the French king but to the Holy Roman Emperor

Imperial Flanders included the early-medieval countship of Aalst (Alost).

West Flanders
The larger western part of the historic countship of Flanders, also comprising part of French Flanders (in northern France) and retaining a distinctive type of dialects
West Flanders
The westernmost province of Belgium and Flanders, with capital Bruges
West-Flanders
Common misspelling of West Flanders
Moll Flanders
Moll Flanders. the main character in the book The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, written in 1722 by Daniel Defoe. Moll tells the story of her marriages, sexual relationships, and crimes in an amusing way that makes the reader feel sympathy for her
flanders

    Hyphenation

    Flan·ders

    Turkish pronunciation

    fländırz

    Pronunciation

    /ˈflandərz/ /ˈflændɜrz/

    Etymology

    () From Dutch Vlaanderen (plural).
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