Namur

American  

[nah-moor, na-myr] / nɑˈmʊər, naˈmür /

noun

1. a province in S Belgium. 1,413 sq. mi. (3,660 sq. km).

2. a city in and capital of this province, on the Sambre and Meuse rivers.

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Namur British  

/ næˈmʊə, naˈmyr /

noun

1. a province of S Belgium. Capital: Namur. Pop: 452 856 (2004 est). Area: 3660 sq km (1413 sq miles)

2. a town in S Belgium, capital of Namur province: strategically situated on a promontory between the Sambre and Meuse Rivers, besieged and captured many times. Pop: 106 213 (2004 est)

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Example Sentences

Nick Wood and his wife Fiona have had the worst possible start to their journey to Namur in Belgium via Brussels for a conference.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2022

“I think that everybody should have the choice,” Virginie, a doctor’s assistant from the southern Belgian region of Namur who did not want to provide her full name, told The Associated Press.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2021

She noted that Stanford University announced this week that it intended to buy the Belmont campus of Notre Dame de Namur University, a small Catholic institution founded in 1851.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2021

In the southern Belgian provinces of Luxembourg and Namur, authorities rushed to supply drinking water to households without a clean supply.

From Reuters • Jul. 17, 2021

At Namur they descended for a short rest, then set off again, to try their luck on the lines running from the French frontier.

From A Hero of Li?ge by Strang, Herbert