Ypres

[ French ee-pruh; British or Facetious wahy-perz ]

noun

1. a town in W Belgium: battles 1914–18.

Ypres

/ iprə /

noun

1. a town in W Belgium, in W Flanders province near the border with France: scene of many sieges and battles, esp in World War I, when it was completely destroyed. Pop: 35 021 (2004 est) Flemish nameIeper

Example Sentences

At Ypres, a World War I battlefield in Belgium, scientists estimate that shells and artillery left more than 2,800 metric tons of copper in the top half-meter of soil.

From Science News

It was early in the war then, and between Ypres and the sea stretched a long thin line of Belgian trenches.

From Project Gutenberg

A grim memorial of those troublous times is still preserved at Ypres.

From Project Gutenberg

It was believed in Ypres that the town had been saved by the intercession of the Virgin Mary, its patron saint.

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The religious troubles of the sixteenth century left their mark on Ypres as well as on the rest of Flanders.

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The citizens of Ypres took a prominent part in most of the great events which distinguished the heroic period of Flemish history.

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