West Flanders
Americannoun
noun
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Out in West Flanders, where windmills and church towers dot the countryside, the flat polder land runs through the battlefields of World War One.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2018
Located about an hour northwest of Brussels and not far from the North Sea, Bruges is the capital of West Flanders in the Flemish region of Belgium.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2017
Farmers in West Flanders call the spring plowing season the “iron harvest.”
From Washington Times ● Aug. 3, 2014
The logo for the rental company in West Flanders that operates his campaign bus was clearly visible on Tuesday morning underneath the blue stickers bearing Mr. Juncker’s campaign slogan, “Experience. Solidarity. Future.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2014
He had since ordered that veteran to take command of a body of fifteen hundred horse and five thousand foot, drawn partly from the garrison itself, and to march into West Flanders.
From History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by Prescott, William Hickling
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