Flemish Brabant

noun

1. a province of central Belgium, formed in 1995 from the N part of Brabant province: densely populated and intensively farmed, with large industrial centres. Pop: 1 031 904 (2004 est). Area: 2106 sq km (813 sq miles)

Example Sentences

Until recently isolated as racist by the rest of the political spectrum, the Flemish independence party Vlaams Belang whose slate he leads in Flemish Brabant has a handful of seats in the parliament and a plan to more than double that.

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The two suspects were arrested after searches Sunday and Monday in the Brussels area, the eastern Liege region and Flemish Brabant, the Belgian federal prosecutor’s office said.

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The arrests followed searches on Sunday and Monday in the Brussels and Liege regions, as well as Flemish Brabant, that uncovered military-style training uniforms and propaganda materials from Islamic State.

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The prosecutor's office said Tuesday that the two were arrested following searches Sunday and Monday in the Brussels area, the Liege region and Flemish Brabant.

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The brainchild of a canny English expat and early practitioner of pseudo-patriotic marketing, John Martin, Gordon has been brewed since 1924 in Flemish Brabant, becoming so popular in Belgium that it later rolled out into Western Europe - though it never reached its Scottish "homeland".

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