Flanders

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English Flaunders, Flaundress, flawndirs, from Old French Flandres, from Middle Dutch Vlâendren pl, from Vlander, from Old Frisian, from Proto-Germanic *flaumdrą (“waterlogged land”), from *flaumaz (“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. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈflɑːn.dəz/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈflæn.dɚz/ Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɑːndə(ɹ)z, (General American) -ændə(ɹ)z === Proper noun === Flanders (countable and uncountable, plural Flanderses) A cultural region in the north of Belgium. A historical county of Western Europe; in full, County of Flanders. A region of Belgium. Official name: Flemish Region. A community of Belgium. Official name: Flemish Community. Two provinces in Belgian Flanders, West Flanders and East Flanders. Ellipsis of West Flanders: a province of Flanders, Belgium. Ellipsis of East Flanders: a province of Flanders, Belgium. Ellipsis of French Flanders: a former province of France. Ellipsis of French Flanders: a region of France. Ellipsis of Zeelandic Flanders: a region of Zeeland, the Netherlands. The principal railway station in Lille, capital of the above. An unincorporated community in Mount Olive, Morris County, New Jersey, United States. A surname. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === Belgium Brussels Wallonia === Anagrams === Ferlands, Fernalds, snarfled