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
“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
He fought at the sieges of Namur and the battle of Neerwinden, and assisted in destroying the French magazine at Givet.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various
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