Louvain

American  

[loo-van] / luˈvɛ̃ /

noun

1. a city in central Belgium.

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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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Example Sentences

In 2025, researchers at the University of Louvain and Imperial College London clarified how this harmful chain reaction might be counteracted.

From Science Daily

"This shows how nutrition and our gut microbes can work together by producing molecules that fight inflammation and improve metabolic health!" said Prof. Patrice Cani, co-senior author, University of Louvain, Belgium and visiting professor at Imperial College London.

From Science Daily

"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

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

From Science Magazine

The data backs up Kishore, said disaster epidemiologist Debarati Guha-Sapir of the Catholic University of Louvain in Brussels, who created a global disaster database.

From Seattle Times