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nouna medieval country in northern Europe that included regions now parts of northern France and Belgium and southwestern Netherlandspart of:
Definition that contains flanders
- fleming a native of Flanders or a Flemish-speaking Belgian
- flemish of or relating to Flanders or its people or language or culture
- lille an industrial city in northern France near the Belgian border; was the medieval capital of Flanders
- artois a former province of northern France near the English Channel (between Picardy and Flanders)
- ypres battle in World War I (1917); an Allied offensive which eventually failed because tanks bogged down in the waterlogged soil of Flanders; Germans introduced mustard gas which interfered with the Allied artillery
- burgomaster a mayor of a municipality in Germany or Holland or Flanders or Austria
- battle of ypres battle in World War I (1917); an Allied offensive which eventually failed because tanks bogged down in the waterlogged soil of Flanders; Germans introduced mustard gas which interfered with the Allied artillery
- third battle of ypres battle in World War I (1917); an Allied offensive which eventually failed because tanks bogged down in the waterlogged soil of Flanders; Germans introduced mustard gas which interfered with the Allied artillery