Ypres

[ee-pr^uh, wahy-perz]

noun

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

Ypres

/ iprə /

noun

1. Flemish name: Ieper. 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)

Example Sentences

In 1915, Canadian doctor Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae wrote his famous war poem, In Flanders Fields, following the devastation he witnessed on battlefields in Ypres, Belgium.

From BBC

On Christmas morning near the ruins of Ypres, German troops in their trenches opposite the British began to sing carols and display bits of holiday evergreen.

From Literature

He got posted to Flanders, where he witnessed the murderous, meaningless second Battle of Ypres.

From New York Times

Royal Army Medical Corps, was buried at the Bedford House Cemetery in Ypres, which is at the heart of Flanders Fields.

From Seattle Times

Royal Army Medical Corps, was buried at the Bedford House Cemetery in Ypres, which is at the heart of Flanders Fields.

From Washington Times