Flanders

American  

[flan-derz] / ˈflæn dərz /

noun

1. a medieval country in W Europe, extending along the North Sea from the Strait of Dover to the Scheldt River: the corresponding modern regions include the provinces of East Flanders and West Flanders in W Belgium, and the adjacent parts of N France and SW Netherlands.

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Flanders British  

/ ˈflɑːndəz /

noun

1. a powerful medieval principality in the SW part of the Low Countries, now in the Belgian provinces of East and West Flanders, the Netherlands province of Zeeland, and the French department of the Nord; scene of battles in many wars

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Flanders

Becerra finally unlocked the inner cholo so many of us have been waiting to see, instead of the Chicano Ned Flanders he’s been projecting for decades.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

A peer-reviewed study by Scott Niederjohn and Will Flanders, and published in the Journal of School Choice, examined state test scores for students in the statewide and Racine voucher programs from 2018 to 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Princess Anne attended a dawn service where she laid a wreath against Wellington Arch during a memorial service that included a reading of the John McCrae poem In Flanders Fields.

From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026

Belgian farmers also handed out potatoes to passers-by on a Flanders highway, coupled with leaflets denouncing crashing prices and EU free trade agreements.

From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026

His name was D’Ath, because he had been brought from a town in Flanders of that name.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli

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