Flanders

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Flanders

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/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
(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.
- 2008 May 14, Steven Erlanger, “Seams of Belgium’s Quilt Threaten to Burst”, in The New York Times‎:
  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.
A historical county of Western Europe; in full, County of Flanders.
- 1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
  When you went / Ambassador to the Emperor, you made bold / To carry into Flanders the great seal.
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

region of Belgium

Arabic: فْلَانْدِر m or f (flāndir)
Hijazi Arabic: فْلَاندر m or f (flāndir)
Armenian: Ֆլանդրիա (Flandria)
Asturian: Flandes (ast)
Bulgarian: Фландрия f (Flandrija)
Catalan: Flandes (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 佛蘭德 / 佛兰德 (zh) (Fólándé), 弗蘭德 / 弗兰德 (Fúlándé), 法蘭德斯區 / 法兰德斯区 (Fǎlándésī)
Corsican: Fiandri f pl
Czech: Vlámsko (cs) n0
Danish: Flandern (da)
Dutch: Vlaanderen (nl) n
Esperanto: Flandrio
Estonian: Flandria
Finnish: Flanderi (fi)
French: Flandre (fr) f, Flandres (fr) f pl
Galician: Flandres (gl) m
Georgian: ფლანდრია (plandria)
German: Flandern (de) n
Greek: Φλάνδρα (el) f (Flándra)
Hungarian: Flandria (hu)
Irish: Flóndras m
Italian: Fiandre (it) f pl
Japanese: フランデレン (Furanderen), フランドル (Furandoru)
Lithuanian: Flandrija f
Manx: Yn Flandyryn f
Norman: Fliandres f pl (Jersey)
Occitan: Flandra f, Flandes m
Polish: Flandria (pl) f
Portuguese: Flandres (pt) f
Romanian: Flandra f
Russian: Фла́ндрия (ru) f (Flándrija)
Scots: Flanders
Scottish Gaelic: Flannras m
Spanish: Flandes (es) m
Swedish: Flandern
Thai: แฟลนเดอร์ส (flɛn-də̂əs)
Welsh: Fflandrys (cy)
West Flemish: Vloandern n
West Frisian: Flaanderen n

community of Belgium

Arabic: فْلَانْدِر m or f (flāndir)
Hijazi Arabic: فْلَاندر m or f (flāndir)
Armenian: Ֆլանդրիա (Flandria)
Asturian: Flandes (ast)
Bulgarian: Фландрия f (Flandrija)
Catalan: Flandes (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 佛蘭德 / 佛兰德 (zh) (Fólándé), 弗蘭德 / 弗兰德 (Fúlándé), 法蘭德斯區 / 法兰德斯区 (Fǎlándésī)
Corsican: Fiandri f pl
Czech: Vlámsko (cs) n0
Danish: Flandern (da)
Dutch: Vlaanderen (nl) n
Esperanto: Flandrio
Estonian: Flandria
Finnish: Flanderi (fi)
French: Flandre (fr) f, Flandres (fr) f pl
Galician: Flandres (gl) m
Georgian: ფლანდრია (plandria)
German: Flandern (de) n
Greek: Φλάνδρα (el) f (Flándra)
Hungarian: Flandria (hu)
Irish: Flóndras m
Italian: Fiandre (it) f pl
Japanese: フランデレン (Furanderen), フランドル (Furandoru)
Lithuanian: Flandrija f
Manx: Yn Flandyryn f
Norman: Fliandres f pl (Jersey)
Occitan: Flandra f, Flandes m
Polish: Flandria (pl) f
Portuguese: Flandres (pt) f
Romanian: Flandra f
Russian: Фла́ндрия (ru) f (Flándrija)
Scots: Flanders
Scottish Gaelic: Flannras m
Spanish: Flandes (es) m
Swedish: Flandern
Thai: แฟลนเดอร์ส (flɛn-də̂əs)
Welsh: Fflandrys (cy)
West Flemish: Vloandern n
West Frisian: Flaanderen n

East Flanders

Armenian: Ֆլանդրիա (Flandria)
Bulgarian: Фландрия f (Flandrija)
Corsican: Fiandri f pl
Czech: Flandry (cs) f pl
Dutch: de Vlaanders pl
Finnish: Flanderi (fi)
French: Flandres (fr) f pl
Georgian: ფლანდრია (plandria)
German: Flandern (de) pl
Greek: Φλάνδρα (el) f (Flándra)
Irish: Flóndras m
Italian: Fiandre (it) f pl
Japanese: フランデレン州 (Furanderen shū)
Manx: Yn Flandyryn f
Norman: Fliandres f pl (Jersey)
Portuguese: Flandres (pt) f
Russian: Фла́ндрия (ru) f (Flándrija)
Scottish Gaelic: Flannras m
Spanish: Flandes (es) m
Welsh: Fflandrys (cy)
West Flemish: Vloanders n pl
West Frisian: Flaanders n pl

West Flanders

Armenian: Ֆլանդրիա (Flandria)
Bulgarian: Фландрия f (Flandrija)
Corsican: Fiandri f pl
Czech: Flandry (cs) f pl
Dutch: de Vlaanders pl
Finnish: Flanderi (fi)
French: Flandres (fr) f pl
Georgian: ფლანდრია (plandria)
German: Flandern (de) pl
Greek: Φλάνδρα (el) f (Flándra)
Irish: Flóndras m
Italian: Fiandre (it) f pl
Japanese: フランデレン州 (Furanderen shū)
Manx: Yn Flandyryn f
Norman: Fliandres f pl (Jersey)
Portuguese: Flandres (pt) f
Russian: Фла́ндрия (ru) f (Flándrija)
Scottish Gaelic: Flannras m
Spanish: Flandes (es) m
Welsh: Fflandrys (cy)
West Flemish: Vloanders n pl
West Frisian: Flaanders n pl

historical county

Armenian: Ֆլանդրիա (Flandria)
Bulgarian: Фландрия f (Flandrija)
Catalan: Flandes (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 佛蘭德 / 佛兰德 (zh) (Fólándé), 弗蘭德 / 弗兰德 (Fúlándé)
Czech: Vlámsko (cs) n, Flandry (cs) f pl
Danish: (grevskabet) Flandern (da)
Dutch: (graafschap) Vlaanderen (nl) n
Estonian: Flandria
Finnish: Flanderi (fi)
French: la Flandre (fr) f
Georgian: ფლანდრია (plandria), ფლანდრიის საგრაფო (plandriis sagrapo)
German: Flandern (de) n
Greek: Φλάνδρα (el) f (Flándra)
Irish: Flóndras m
Italian: Fiandre (it)
Japanese: フランドル (Furandoru), フランダース (Furandāsu)
Lithuanian: Flandrija f
Manx: Yn Flandyryn f
Old Norse: Flæmingjaland n
Old Portuguese: Frandes
Persian: فلاندر (fa) (flânder)
Portuguese: Flandres (pt) f
Russian: Фла́ндрия (ru) f (Flándrija)
Scottish Gaelic: Flannras m
Spanish: Flandes (es) m
Welsh: Fflandrys (cy)
West Flemish: Vloandern n

former province of France

Armenian: Ֆլանդրիա (Flandria)
Bulgarian: Фла́ндрия f (Flándrija)
Catalan: Flandes francès m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 佛蘭德 / 佛兰德 (zh) (Fólándé), 弗蘭德 / 弗兰德 (Fúlándé)
Czech: Flandry (cs) f pl
Danish: Flandern (da), Fransk Flandern
Dutch: Frans-Vlaanderen n
Finnish: Flanderi (fi)
French: la Flandre (fr) f, la Flandre française f
German: Flandern (de) n
Greek: Φλάνδρα (el) f (Flándra)
Irish: Flóndras m
Italian: Fiandre (it) f pl
Japanese: フランドル (Furandoru), フランドル・フランセーズ (Furandoru furansēzu)
Lithuanian: Prancūzijos Flandrija f
Manx: Yn Flandyryn f
Portuguese: Flandres (pt) f
Russian: Фла́ндрия (ru) f (Flándrija)
Scottish Gaelic: Flannras m
Spanish: Flandes (es) m
Welsh: Fflandrys (cy)

region of France

Armenian: Ֆլանդրիա (Flandria)
Bulgarian: Фла́ндрия f (Flándrija)
Catalan: Flandes francès m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 佛蘭德 / 佛兰德 (zh) (Fólándé), 弗蘭德 / 弗兰德 (Fúlándé)
Czech: Flandry (cs) f pl
Danish: Flandern (da), Fransk Flandern
Dutch: Frans-Vlaanderen n
Finnish: Flanderi (fi)
French: la Flandre (fr) f, la Flandre française f
German: Flandern (de) n
Greek: Φλάνδρα (el) f (Flándra)
Irish: Flóndras m
Italian: Fiandre (it) f pl
Japanese: フランドル (Furandoru), フランドル・フランセーズ (Furandoru furansēzu)
Lithuanian: Prancūzijos Flandrija f
Manx: Yn Flandyryn f
Portuguese: Flandres (pt) f
Russian: Фла́ндрия (ru) f (Flándrija)
Scottish Gaelic: Flannras m
Spanish: Flandes (es) m
Welsh: Fflandrys (cy)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Afrikaans: ^{(please verify)} Vlaandere
Basque: ^{(please verify)} Flandria
Breton: ^{(please verify)} Flandrez (br)
Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} Фламандия f (Flamandija)
Corsican: ^{(please verify)} Fiandria
Dutch Low Saxon: ^{(please verify)} Vlaonderen
Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} Flandrio, ^{(please verify)} Flandrujo
Galician: ^{(please verify)} Flandes, ^{(please verify)} Flandres (gl)
Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} פלנדריה
Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} Flæmingjaland
Ido: ^{(please verify)} Flandria (io)
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} Flandria
Korean: ^{(please verify)} 플란데런 (peullandereon)
Latin: ^{(please verify)} Flandria f
Latvian: ^{(please verify)} Flandrija
Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} Flandrija
Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} Flandern
Occitan: ^{(please verify)} Flandra
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} Flandra
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} Фла̀ндрија f

Roman: ^{(please verify)} Flàndrija (sh) f
Slovak: ^{(please verify)} Flámsko
Slovene: ^{(please verify)} Flandrija
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} Flandes (es) m
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} Flandern
Turkish: ^{(please verify)} Flaman Ovası
Ukrainian: ^{(please verify)} Фландрія f (Flandrija)
Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} Flăng-drơ, ^{(please verify)} xứ Flăng-drơ
Walloon: ^{(please verify)} Flande
West Flemish: ^{(please verify)} Vloandern
West Frisian: ^{(please verify)} Flaanderen

Anagrams

Ferlands, Fernalds, snarfled