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

Julie Flanders, a 13th-generation Vineyarder and real-estate agent, said her family has had a key to Goff Beach in Aquinnah for generations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

The police in Dendermonde, a city of around 50,000 in the Flanders region, 18 miles northwest of Brussels, are warning potential scourers to stay away.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 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

Furthermore, he added, an incineration ban in effect in Flanders means that incineration plants “cannot accept these goods.”

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2025

If it were not so, there would not be one man alive from Flanders to the Vosges.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque