West Flanders
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Located about an hour northwest of Brussels and not far from the North Sea, Bruges is the capital of West Flanders in the Flemish region of Belgium.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2017
Three of the photographs were of Sgt James Scott, who was killed at the Battle of Messines in Belgian West Flanders in May 1917, and they had been held by the Scott family.
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2014
Farmers in West Flanders call the spring plowing season the “iron harvest.”
From Washington Times ● Aug. 3, 2014
The logo for the rental company in West Flanders that operates his campaign bus was clearly visible on Tuesday morning underneath the blue stickers bearing Mr. Juncker’s campaign slogan, “Experience. Solidarity. Future.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2014
This, unfortunately, soon vanished, leaving her blind, deaf, and dumb; one of the three persons thus trebly afflicted existing at this moment in the province of West Flanders.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
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