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Flanders (other)
Flanders is the country of the Flemings; for several decades, it has also been a community and region in Belgium. Geographically and historically, it has also covered parts of France and the Netherlands but may also refer to: Places Americas * Flanders, Louisiana, USA * Flanders, Michigan, USA * Flanders, New Jersey, USA * Flanders, New York, USA * Flanders, a village in the town of East Lyme, Connecticut, USA * Flanders, a village in Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA * Indian Flanders (''Flandes Indiano''), an old name for Chile given during the Arauco War Europe * Flanders, a townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland * County of Flanders, a historical county of the Low Countries, which included part of the north of modern-day France and the extreme south-west of the modern Netherlands * East Flanders, a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of modern-day Belgium * Flanders Fields, the battlefields of World War I in northern France and north-west ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flanders
Flanders ( or ; ) is the Dutch language, Dutch-speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium. However, there are several overlapping definitions, including ones related to culture, language, politics, and history, and sometimes involving neighbouring countries. The demonym associated with Flanders is Flemings, Fleming, while the corresponding adjective is Flemish people, Flemish, which can also refer to the collective of Dutch dialects spoken in that area, or more generally the Belgian variant of Standard Dutch. Most Flemings live within the Flemish Region, which is a federal state within Belgium with its own elected government. However, like Belgium itself, the official capital of Flanders is the City of Brussels, which lies within the Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, not the Flemish Region, and the majority of residents there are French speaking. The powers of the Flemish Government in Brussels are limited mainly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |