Flanders

Flanders
or French Flandre or Flemish Vlaanderen geographical name 1. medieval county along coast of what is now Belgium and adjacent parts of France & Netherlands capital Lille 2. semiautonomous region W Belgium — see East Flanders, West Flanders

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  • Flanders — • Designated in the eighth century a small territory around Bruges; it became later the name of the country bounded by the North Sea, the Scheldt, and the Canche Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Flanders     Flanders …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Flanders — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Allan Flanders (1910–1973), britischer Wirtschaftstheoretiker Alvan Flanders (1825–1884), amerikanischer Politiker Benjamin Flanders (1816–1896), amerikanischer Politiker Ed Flanders (1934–1995),… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Flanders F.4 — (No. 422) der Royal Flying Corps Die Flanders F.4 war ein britischer Eindecker der Royal Flying Corps von 1912. Leonard Howard Flanders gründete 1910 die Firma Flanders Ltd. und wollte seine eigenen Flugzeuge bauen. Vorher hatte er bei Alliott… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Flanders DC — Flanders District of Creativity or Flanders DC is a non profit organization founded by the Flemish government, on 7 May 2004, to make the Flemish economy more competitive through creativity, entrepreneurship, and further… …   Wikipedia

  • Flanders — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Flanders puede referirse a: La forma inglesa para Flandes, una región de Bélgica. Moll Flanders, novela de Daniel Defoe. Familia Flanders, familia ficticia de la serie animada Los Simpsons. Obtenido de Flanders… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Flanders —    Flanders (Du., Vlaanderen) is the Dutch language region and community of Belgium surrounding the Brussels Capital Region. It includes Flemish Brabant (Du., Vlaams Brabant), the portion of the former province of Brabant lying to the north of… …   Historical Dictionary of Brussels

  • Flanders — Flanders, NY U.S. Census Designated Place in New York Population (2000): 3646 Housing Units (2000): 1521 Land area (2000): 12.270205 sq. miles (31.779684 sq. km) Water area (2000): 2.520377 sq. miles (6.527746 sq. km) Total area (2000): 14.790582 …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Flanders, NY — U.S. Census Designated Place in New York Population (2000): 3646 Housing Units (2000): 1521 Land area (2000): 12.270205 sq. miles (31.779684 sq. km) Water area (2000): 2.520377 sq. miles (6.527746 sq. km) Total area (2000): 14.790582 sq. miles… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Flanders — [flan′dərz] region (in medieval times a county) in NW Europe, on the North Sea, including a part of NW France & the provinces of East Flanders & West Flanders in Belgium …   English World dictionary

  • Flanders — Nom anglais (également porté en Guadeloupe) désignant celui qui est originaire des Flandres …   Noms de famille

  • Flanders — probably a compound of roots represented by Flemish vlakte plain + wanderen to wander …   Etymology dictionary

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