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Namur

American  
[nah-moor, na-myr] / nɑˈmʊər, naˈmür /

noun

  1. a province in S Belgium. 1,413 sq. mi. (3,660 sq. km).

  2. a city in and capital of this province, on the Sambre and Meuse rivers.


Namur British  
/ næˈmʊə, naˈmyr /

noun

  1. a province of S Belgium. Capital: Namur. Pop: 452 856 (2004 est). Area: 3660 sq km (1413 sq miles)

  2. a town in S Belgium, capital of Namur province: strategically situated on a promontory between the Sambre and Meuse Rivers, besieged and captured many times. Pop: 106 213 (2004 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Fumes have travelled into the neighbouring Namur province, where authorities had to ask residents to stop saturating emergency phone lines with reports of the smell.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

But there is also the promise of romance, which drew Marie Namur to South Korea from her native Belgium.

From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2024

She noted that Stanford University announced this week that it intended to buy the Belmont campus of Notre Dame de Namur University, a small Catholic institution founded in 1851.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2021

She said when her brother returned to Saudi Arabia in 2013 after completing a business degree at Notre Dame de Namur University in California, he struggled to find work.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 5, 2021

On the 6th of November he won the first great victory of the war at Jemappes near Mons and, this time advancing boldly, he overran the whole country from Namur to Antwerp within a month.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various

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