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PRONUNCIATION OF WEST FLANDERS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WEST FLANDERS

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West Flanders is a noun.
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WHAT DOES WEST FLANDERS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

West Flanders

West Flanders (Dutch: West-Vlaanderen ( listen); West Flemish: West Vloandern; French: (Province de) Flandre-Occidentale; German: Westflandern) is the most western province of the Flemish Region, also named Flanders, in Belgium. It borders (clockwise from the North) on the Netherlands, the Flemish province of East Flanders (Oost-Vlaanderen) and the Walloon province of Hainaut (Henegouwen) in Belgium, on France, and the North Sea. Its capital is Bruges (Brugge). Other important cities are Kortrijk in the south and Ostend along the coastline, Roeselare and Ypres. The province has an area of 3,125 km² which is divided into eight administrative districts (arrondissementen) containing 64 municipalities. The whole Belgian North Sea coast, an important tourism destination, lies in West Flanders. A tram line runs the length of the coast, from De Panne on the French border to Knokke-Heist on the Dutch frontier.

Definition of West Flanders in the English dictionary

The definition of West Flanders in the dictionary is a province of W Belgium: the country's chief agricultural province. Capital: Bruges. Pop: 1 135 802. Area: 3132 sq km.

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West Coast jazz
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West End
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West German
West Germanic
West Germany
West Glamorgan
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West Indian
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West Indies

WORDS THAT END LIKE WEST FLANDERS

alexanders
blinders
cinders
do wonders
East Flanders
Enders
firing on all cylinders
Flanders
flinders
glanders
golden alexanders
malanders
mallanders
mallenders
orders
Randers
rounders
sallenders
Saunders
suspenders

Synonyms and antonyms of West Flanders in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «West Flanders» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WEST FLANDERS

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

Translator English - Chinese

西佛兰德
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Flandes Occidental
570 millions of speakers

English

West Flanders
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पश्चिम फ़्लैंडर्स
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فلاندرز الغربية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Западная Фландрия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Flandres Ocidental
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ওয়েস্ট ফ্লান্ডার্স
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Flandre occidentale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Flanders Barat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

West-Flandern
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フランダース
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

웨스트 플랑드르
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Flanders Barat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Tây Flanders
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெஸ்ட் பிளாண்டர்ஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वेस्ट फ्लॅंडर्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Batı Flanders
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Fiandre occidentali
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Flandria Zachodnia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Західна Фландрія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Flandra de Vest
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Δυτική Φλάνδρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

West -Vlaandere
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Västflandern
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vest-Flandern
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of West Flanders

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WEST FLANDERS»

The term «West Flanders» is normally little used and occupies the 111.031 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WEST FLANDERS» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WEST FLANDERS»

Discover the use of West Flanders in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to West Flanders and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bruges and West Flanders
George William Thomson Omond. of Nieuport. A few miles inland, to the southwest, in the middle of the plain of Flanders, were the houses of Furnes, grouped round the church tower of St. Nicholas. To the north a wide belt of sandhills (the ...
George William Thomson Omond, 1906
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Silent Cities of Flanders Fields: The Wwi Cemeteries of ...
'Silent Cities' depicts the history of the 230 war cemeteries around Ypres, in the Salient and the rest of West Flanders.
Wayne Evans, Staf Schoeters, 2014
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West Flanders: West Flanders, List of Windmills in West ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Books, LLC, General Books LLC, 2010
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Official Catalogue of the Great Exhibition of the Works of ...
50 Van Peemaes, — , Corbeck Look (Brabant). — White winter wheat. 51 D' Hollanden, — , Honjeke (West Flanders). — White and brown wheat ; rye. 52 Vanden Abeele, — , Appels (West Flanders). — Hay. 53 Perdicus, — , Herent ( Brabant).
London. Great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851. [from old catalog], 1851
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of Lace ...: In ...
1570.-72. The outline to the pattern and the gimp of the leaves and flowers are like those seen in some of the early 18th century Mechlin laces. Border of pillow- made lace, in imitation of Valenciennes. Made at Ypres, West Flanders. Belgian.
South Kensington Museum, Mrs. Bury Palliser, Alan Summerly Cole, 1881
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United States Congressional serial set
VITAL STATISTICS. Births during the year. The marriages celebrated were: East Flanders, 6,900; West Flanders, □ 5,155; total, 12,055. Divorces granted: In East Flanders, 59; West Flanders, 11; total, 50. IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION?
‎1895
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United States Consular Reports: Reports from the Consuls of ...
The marriages celebrated were: East Flanders, 6,900; West Flanders, 5,155; total , 12,055. Divorces granted: In East Flanders, 39; West Flanders, n; total, 50. IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION. The statistics of immigration show that 1,219  ...
‎1894
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Official descriptive and illustrated Catalogue of the great ...
63 Degryse, Louis, Poperinghe, West Flanders. Specimens of hops, and of blue and white peas. 64 Drquidt, L. (Widow), Poperinghe, West Flanders. Specimens of hops. 65 Van Meries, Madame, Poperinghe, West Flanders. Specimens of ...
‎1851
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West Flanders
West Flanders (Dutch: West-Vlaanderen ( listen); West Flemish: West Vloandern; French: (Province de) Flandre-Occidentale; German: Westflandern) is the westernmost province of the Flemish Region, also named Flanders, in Belgium.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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Official descriptive and illustrated catalogue
212 Coobeman, A. J., Sebecq-Ragnon, Brabant. (Agent, M. Cuylits, 55 Gracechurch Street.) Samples of linen thread for lace. 213 Vebcbt/ysse, Febbinanb, Deerlyck, West Flanders. Raw, retted, and heckled flax, crop 1850. Thread and piece of ...
Great Exhibition, Robert Ellis (F.L.S.), Great Britain. Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, 1851

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WEST FLANDERS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term West Flanders is used in the context of the following news items.
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Driver killed as coach carrying British schoolchildren crashes in …
Six teachers were on the coach, which was travelling to Cologne in Germany when it crashed into a bridge in Middelkerke, West Flanders, and came off the road ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
2
Flanders preview: Generational shift in wide-open Ronde
Without its two perennial favorites, Sunday's Tour of Flanders is anyone's race to .... The opening two hours or so of racing trace the flatter West Flanders region, ... «velonews.competitor.com, Apr 15»
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Wiggins hopes to bounce back at Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde
De Panne is a three-day, four-stage race in West Flanders that takes in some of the course used in this coming Sunday's Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of ... «velonews.competitor.com, Mar 15»
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Jesse Sergent third in Three Days of West Flanders after …
New Zealand cyclist Jesse Sergent is third overall with one stage remaining at the Three Days of West Flanders event in Belgium. Sergent, who became the first ... «Stuff.co.nz, Mar 15»
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Yves Lampaert wins stage, takes lead in Driedaagse van West
Yves Lampaert takes the victory in stage 1 of the Three Days of West Flanders. Photo: AFP. Yves Lampaert (Etixx-Quick-Step) took stage 1 and the overall lead ... «velonews.competitor.com, Mar 15»
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Centenary surge of visitors to Flanders
The number of tourists visiting West Flanders almost doubled in 2014, as the start of the First World War Centenary focussed attention on Belgium's former ... «Centenary News, Mar 15»
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Hidden Treasurers From Flanders
Just across the French-Belgian border in West Flanders, a wealthy industrial area built mainly on textiles, the town of Kortrijk is a colony of passionate but private ... «New York Times, Dec 14»
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Growing up in the shadow of ghosts in West Flanders
However, for the Belgians of West Flanders, the war was much more personal. They were the people who saw the fighting literally unfold in their backyards; the ... «TheChronicleHerald.ca, Nov 14»
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Update on 'Light Front'- tonight's torchlight Western Front …
8,400 torchbearers are due to illuminate the fields of West Flanders from 7pm, commemorating all those who fell here in the First World War. The human chain ... «Centenary News, Oct 14»
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Belgian church destroyed by blaze
Officials say the blaze, in the town of Anzegem, West Flanders, took hold quickly just as the choir were about to begin their evening practise. The St John the ... «euronews, Oct 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. West Flanders [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/west-flanders>. May 2024 ».
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