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Ostend

[ os-tend, os-tend ]

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noun

Ostend

/ ɒsˈtɛnd /

a port and resort in NW Belgium, in West Flanders on the North Sea. Pop: 68 273 (2004 est) French nameOstendeɔstɑ̃d Flemish nameOostende

Another very interesting place is the Plage de Westende, the present terminus of the electric railway from Ostend.

If the Ostend Company had continued, this would certainly have been a powerful City.

To the thoughtful eye, what more convenient vessel for a second operation at Ostend?

I have written to Mr. Van Ostend to ask if the company would have any objection to my putting it here near these pines.

I had crossed by the morning service by way of Ostend, and had arrived again at the Grand only half an hour before.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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