Namur
Americannoun
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a province in S Belgium. 1,413 sq. mi. (3,660 sq. km).
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a city in and capital of this province, on the Sambre and Meuse rivers.
noun
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a province of S Belgium. Capital: Namur. Pop: 452 856 (2004 est). Area: 3660 sq km (1413 sq miles)
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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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Fumes have travelled into the neighbouring Namur province, where authorities had to ask residents to stop saturating emergency phone lines with reports of the smell.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
But there is also the promise of romance, which drew Marie Namur to South Korea from her native Belgium.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2024
Stanford University is working on plans to expand its physical presence in the Bay Area by acquiring the unused campus of the Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2022
She said when her brother returned to Saudi Arabia in 2013 after completing a business degree at Notre Dame de Namur University in California, he struggled to find work.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 5, 2021
He was colonel of Monk’s own regiment, the Coldstream-guards, and highly distinguished himself by his gallant bearing and true martial glory, at the siege of Namur, Neerwinden, &c., under William III.
From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous
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