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Ostend

American  
[os-tend, os-tend] / ɒsˈtɛnd, ˈɒs tɛnd /

noun

  1. a seaport in NW Belgium.

Ostend British  
/ ɒsˈtɛnd /

noun

  1. French name: Ostende.  Flemish name: Oostende.  a port and resort in NW Belgium, in West Flanders on the North Sea. Pop: 68 273 (2004 est)

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They premised their secret proposal, the Ostend Manifesto External link, on national defense.

From Barron's • Jan. 18, 2026

They premised their secret proposal, the Ostend Manifesto External link, on national defense.

From Barron's • Jan. 18, 2026

The deal was announced on Monday at an energy summit in Ostend, Belgium.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2023

Ostend, Nancy, Barnsley and the rest share not only employees but knowledge.

From New York Times • Dec. 26, 2021

The English pamphlets, wisely refraining from much comment on documents based on papal grants whose authority England had never recognized, argued that English pocketbooks would suffer if the Ostend Company continued to do business.

From The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 by Various

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