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Flanders

  • /ˈflɑːn.dəz/ UK
  • /ˈflæn.dəɹz/ US

Rhymes with (Received Pronunciation) -ɑːndə(ɹ)z, (General American) -ændə(ɹ)z

Where it comes from

From Middle English Flaundres, from Anglo-Norman Flaundre, Flaundres, from Middle Dutch Vlâendren pl, from Vlander, from Old Frisian, from Proto-West Germanic *flaumdr (“waterlogged land”), from *flaum (“flowing, current (water)”) (compare Old High German weraltfloum (“transitoriness of life”), Old Norse flaumr (“eddy”)), from Proto-Indo-European *plow-m- (“flow”) (compare Ancient Greek πλῠ́μα (plŭ́ma, “dishwater, washing water”)). More at flow. "Waterlogged" refers to the mudflats and salt marshes common to coastal Flanders.

proper noun Flanderses

  1. countable, uncountable A cultural region in the north of Belgium. But Wallonian legislators are blocking the changes, fearing that their power is eroding, that the Flemish are doing some legal ethnic cleansing and that a divided Belgium will end the subsidies that flow south from richer Flanders.
  2. countable, uncountable A historical county of Western Europe; in full, County of Flanders. When you went / Ambassador to the Emperor, you made bold / To carry into Flanders the great seal.
  3. countable, uncountable A region of Belgium. Official name: Flemish Region.
  4. countable, uncountable A community of Belgium. Official name: Flemish Community.
  5. countable, uncountable Two provinces in Belgian Flanders, West Flanders and East Flanders. Ellipsis of West Flanders: a province of Flanders, Belgium.
  6. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of French Flanders: a former province of France.
  7. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of French Flanders: a region of France.
  8. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of Zeelandic Flanders: a region of Zeeland, the Netherlands.
  9. countable, uncountable The principal railway station in Lille, capital of the above.
  10. countable, uncountable A village in the town of East Lyme, New London County, Connecticut.
  11. countable, uncountable A historic district in the town of Kent, Litchfield County, Connecticut.
  12. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana.
  13. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Green Township, Alpena County, Michigan.
  14. countable, uncountable A census-designated place in Mount Olive Township, Morris County, New Jersey.
  15. countable, uncountable A hamlet and census-designated place in Suffolk County, New York.
  16. countable, uncountable A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: zeeland, flemish, howard, flamand, vlaanderen, west flanders, east flanders, flemish community, low countries, flaunders, east flemish, imperial flanders, fleming, east-flanders, flandrian, west frisia

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name historical county

EspañolFlandes
日本語フランドル Furandoru, フランダース Furandāsu
中文佛蘭德 /佛兰德 Fólándé, 弗蘭德 /弗兰德 Fúlándé
PortuguêsFlandres
Françaisla Flandre
DeutschFlandern
ItalianoFiandre
ΕλληνικάΦλάνδρα Flándra
РусскийФла́ндрия Flándrija

name region of Belgium

EspañolFlandes
日本語フランデレン Furanderen, フランドル Furandoru
中文佛蘭德 /佛兰德 Fólándé, 弗蘭德 /弗兰德 Fúlándé, 法蘭德斯區 /法兰德斯区 Fǎlándésī
PortuguêsFlandres
FrançaisFlandre, Flandres
DeutschFlandern
ItalianoFiandre
ΕλληνικάΦλάνδρα Flándra
RomânăFlandra
РусскийФла́ндрия Flándrija
العربيةفْلَانْدِر flāndir

name community of Belgium

EspañolFlandes
日本語フランデレン Furanderen, フランドル Furandoru
中文佛蘭德 /佛兰德 Fólándé, 弗蘭德 /弗兰德 Fúlándé, 法蘭德斯區 /法兰德斯区 Fǎlándésī
PortuguêsFlandres
FrançaisFlandre, Flandres
DeutschFlandern
ItalianoFiandre
ΕλληνικάΦλάνδρα Flándra
RomânăFlandra
РусскийФла́ндрия Flándrija
العربيةفْلَانْدِر flāndir

name East Flanders

EspañolFlandes
日本語フランデレン州 Furanderen shū
PortuguêsFlandres
FrançaisFlandres
DeutschFlandern
ItalianoFiandre
ΕλληνικάΦλάνδρα Flándra
РусскийФла́ндрия Flándrija

name West Flanders

EspañolFlandes
日本語フランデレン州 Furanderen shū
PortuguêsFlandres
FrançaisFlandres
DeutschFlandern
ItalianoFiandre
ΕλληνικάΦλάνδρα Flándra
РусскийФла́ндрия Flándrija

name former province of France

EspañolFlandes
日本語フランドル Furandoru, フランドル・フランセーズ Furandoru furansēzu
中文佛蘭德 /佛兰德 Fólándé, 弗蘭德 /弗兰德 Fúlándé
PortuguêsFlandres
Françaisla Flandre, la Flandre française
DeutschFlandern
ItalianoFiandre
ΕλληνικάΦλάνδρα Flándra
РусскийФла́ндрия Flándrija

name region of France

EspañolFlandes
日本語フランドル Furandoru, フランドル・フランセーズ Furandoru furansēzu
中文佛蘭德 /佛兰德 Fólándé, 弗蘭德 /弗兰德 Fúlándé
PortuguêsFlandres
Françaisla Flandre, la Flandre française
DeutschFlandern
ItalianoFiandre
ΕλληνικάΦλάνδρα Flándra
РусскийФла́ндрия Flándrija

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BibTeX
@misc{flanders_2026,
  title = {Flanders},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/flanders},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}