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Meaning of "Louvain" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LOUVAIN

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PRONUNCIATION OF LOUVAIN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LOUVAIN

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determiner
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Louvain is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LOUVAIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Louvain

Louvain may refer to: ▪ Louvain, Belgium, alternative name for Leuven, the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region, Belgium ▪ Louvain-la-Neuve, a planned city in the municipality of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium ▪ The Louvain method, a method to detect communities in graphs. ▪ Catholic University of Leuven, a prominent university in Belgium founded in 1425 and split in 1968 ▪ Old University of Louvain, a university founded in Leuven, Brabant, in 1425 and closed in 1797 ▪ Université catholique de Louvain, a French-speaking university in Louvain-la-Neuve and in Brussels ▪ Katholieke Universiteit Leuven or Louvain, a Dutch-speaking university in Flanders, Belgium...

Definition of Louvain in the English dictionary

The definition of Louvain in the dictionary is a town in central Belgium, in Flemish Brabant province: capital of the duchy of Brabant and centre of the cloth trade; university. Pop: 89 777 Flemish name: Leuven.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LOUVAIN

Lourdes
loure
lourie
louring
louringly
loury
louse
louser
lousewort
lousier
lousiest
lousily
lousiness
lousy
lout
Louth

WORDS THAT END LIKE LOUVAIN

again
Bahrain
brain
Britain
captain
certain
chain
contain
domain
explain
gain
in the main
in the public domain
in vain
lain
main
maintain
take someone´s name in vain
vain
vervain

Synonyms and antonyms of Louvain in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Louvain» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LOUVAIN

Find out the translation of Louvain to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Louvain from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Louvain» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

鲁汶
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Lovaina
570 millions of speakers

English

Louvain
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Louvain
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

لوفان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Louvain
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Louvain
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

louvain
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Louvain
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Louvain
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Louvain
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ルヴァン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

루뱅
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Louvain
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Louvain
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

லாவெய்ன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लूव्हेन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Louvain
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Louvain
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Louvain
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Louvain
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Louvain
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Louvain
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Louvain
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Louvain
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Louvain
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Louvain

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LOUVAIN»

The term «Louvain» is quite widely used and occupies the 37.083 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LOUVAIN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Louvain» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Louvain» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Louvain

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOUVAIN»

Discover the use of Louvain in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Louvain and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Academic Interests and Catholic Confessionalisation: The ...
Focussing on an anomaly - highly controverisal, but at face value useless privileges granted to the university of Louvain -, this book explores the entanglement of material, political, religious and intellectual interests nurtured by early ...
Bruno Boute, 2010
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The Limits of Influence: Pico, Louvain, and the Crisis of ...
This is a case study of astrology's changing status as an academic discipline in the sixteenth century.
Steven Vanden Broecke, 2003
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A Catalogue Raisonne of Scientific Instruments from the ...
This book attempts to present for the first time a comprehensive survey of these workshops and how they may have influenced one another.
Koenraad Van Cleempoel, 2002
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Mícheál Ó Cléirigh, his associates and St Anthony's College, ...
This book comprises a revised edition of a book by Fr Brendan Jennings, OFM, first published in 1936, together with eight other scholarly articles by Paul Walsh, Felim OBrien, OFM, and Canice Mooney, OFM.
Brendan Jennings, Nollaig O Muraile, Nollaig Ó Muraíle, 2008
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The University of Louvain and Its Library...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Theodore Wesley Koch, 2012
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The Correspondence of Erasmus: Letters 594-841 (1517-1518)
Louvain, 5 March 1518 319 782 To [Thomas Bedyll] [Louvain, c 5 March 1518] 321 783 To [William Blount, Lord Mounrjoy] [Louvain, c 5 March 1518] 322 784 To [John Fisher] [Louvain, c 5 March 1518] 323 785 To Thomas More Louvain, ...
Desiderius Erasmus, 1979
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Studies in Eusebian and Post-Eusebian Chronography
Chronographus anni CCCLllll. MGH: AA 9, Chron. min. 1 . Berlin, 1892:39-148. Chron. 724: J.-B. Chabot (trans.). Chronicon miscellaneum ad annum Domini 724 pertinens. In Chron. min. 2. CSCO 4, SS 4: SS 3.4, versio. Louvain, 1955 ...
Richard W. Burgess, 1999
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Dynamic of Destruction: Culture and Mass Killing in the ...
Using a wide range of examples and eye-witness accounts from across Europe at this time, award-winning historian Alan Kramer paints a picture of an entire continent plunging into a chilling new world of mass mobilization, total warfare, and ...
Professor Alan Kramer, 2007
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ELexicography in the 21st Century : New Challenges, New ...
La collection « Cahiers du Cental » est une publication du Centre de traitement automatique du langage de l'Université catholique de Louvain http://www. uclouvain.be/cental Hors-série Purnelle G., Fairon C. et Dister A. (éds) (2004), Le poids ...
Sylviane Granger, Magali Paquot, 2010
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History of Universities: Volume XVII 2001-2002
Leuven /Louvain-la-Neuve, l53-l59 (Dutch and French edition) [Leuven/ Louvain- la-Neuve]. Caluwaerts, Jan, 'Een Noord-Franse familie in de l7de eeuw te Leuven', Vlaamse Stam, 37.5, 200l : 236 [Leuven /Louvain-la-Neuve — Stanislas  ...
Mordechai Feingold, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LOUVAIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Louvain is used in the context of the following news items.
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New data protection rules threaten vital health research
“My prostate is somewhere in Louvain in a jar,” he said. He gave that tissue freely along with the personal data that makes it even more ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
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Geeraerts graduates with medical degree - DailyPress.net | News …
LOUVAIN, Belgium - Melissa Geeraerts, daughter of Micheline Jacke and Paul Geeraerts of Hever, Belgium, graduated cum laude from the ... «Escanaba Daily Press, Jul 15»
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Triples winners at Kirkinner
The winners were Gavin Williams, Lesley Williams and Donny McDonald, who beat Sean Siddle, Louvain McVittie and Phil Hendley. «The Galloway Gazette, Jul 15»
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July 17, Bangalore: The Opening of the First Ever Pan Asian …
... Anthonette Mendoza, who flew 12 hours from her university, Louvain, to get here. Another, Kristin Heyer, one of the leaders of our Planning ... «Commonweal, Jul 15»
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Flexi-bed charges slammed by councillors
A motion by councillor Louvain Roberts that the plan should be sent to the Social Care and Health Scrutiny committee was unanimously ... «Llanelli Star, Jul 15»
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Fr. Cyprian Davis, RIP
In a 1999 interview with Catholic Heritage magazine, Fr. Davis explained, “At Louvain University [in Belgium], where I studied, we worked under ... «Commonweal, Jul 15»
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Pre-Market Stocks Recap: Ameren (NYSE:AEE), Bunge (NYSE:BG …
He holds a Master's Degree in Engineering and Administration from the Catholic University of Louvain and an MBA from the University of ... «wsnewspublishers, Jul 15»
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University Directors worldwide rank Louvain School of Management …
Louvain School of Management has climbed to take the number one spot in the category of best universal business school in Belgium. «The Brussels Times, Jul 15»
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Belgian university develops improved PLA process / Patent sold to …
Researchers at the KU Leuven Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis (www.kuleuven.be/english) in Louvain / Belgium have developed a ... «Plasteurope, Jul 15»
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Rinus Van de Velde at the Tim Van Laere Gallery
Born in Louvain, Belgium in 1983, Rinus Van de Velde lives and works in Antwerp. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp he ... «AMA, Jul 15»

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