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Louvain

American  
[loo-van] / luˈvɛ̃ /

noun

  1. a city in central Belgium.


Louvain British  
/ luvɛ̃ /

noun

  1. Flemish name: Leuven. a town in central Belgium, in Flemish Brabant province: capital of the duchy of Brabant (11th–15th centuries) and centre of the cloth trade; university (1426). Pop: 89 777 (2004 est)

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"What we eat shapes our microbes and some of their molecules can protect us from diabetes. That's nutrition in action!" said University of Louvain, Prof. Cani.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 8, 2025

Also at the conference was Michel Poulain, a Belgian demographer from the Catholic University of Louvain.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 20, 2024

Dr. Alexandre was just 29 and fresh off a yearlong fellowship at Harvard Medical School when, in June 1963, a young patient was wheeled into the hospital where he worked in Louvain, Belgium.

From New York Times ● Feb. 29, 2024

—Author unknown, “Brief account of the events that took place at Louvain on the 25th, 26th and 27th August, 1914”

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

Following in the family tradition, Vesalius went first to the University of Louvain then, in 1533, enrolled to study medicine in Paris.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

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