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Ostend

American  
[os-tend, os-tend] / ɒsˈtɛnd, ˈɒs tɛnd /

noun

  1. a seaport in NW Belgium.


Ostend British  
/ ɒsˈtɛnd /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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They premised their secret proposal, the Ostend Manifesto External link, on national defense.

From Barron's Jan. 18, 2026

We spent an afternoon in a private room in a concert hall in Ostend flicking through page after page of documents revealing every aspect of Marvin Gaye's life at the time.

From BBC Mar. 30, 2024

Ostend, Nancy, Barnsley and the rest share not only employees but knowledge.

From New York Times Dec. 26, 2021

Ostend, the blowy Belgian resort on the North Sea, has international aspirations and Marvin Gaye, the late prince of Motown, has emerged as central to realising them.

From The Guardian Aug. 17, 2019

Kenneth and his friend were taking their evening meal in a village inn, the owner of which had announced that next day he intended to pack up and start for Ostend.

From A Hero of Li?ge by Herbert Strang

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