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Flanders (former nation/state/empire) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 49 50 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 49.8333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 005 20 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 5.3333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Area in western Europe in modern Belgium (Oost-Vlaanderen and West-Vlaanderen provinces) and France (Nord and Pas-de-Calais departments). Comprises a small area, but historically it was densely populated and productive, with important seaports and occupying a central position in Europe. It was a Medieval principality in the southwestern Low Countries. Its broadest boundaries include the lands of Philip the Good (died 1467), Charles the Bold (died 1477), and Charles V (died 1558). |
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| Flanders (preferred,C,O,English-P,U,N)
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............ | a version of the name was recorded in 8th cen., probably meaning "lowland" or "flooded land" |
| Flandria (C,V,Latin,U,N)
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| Flemish (C,O,English,U,A)
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| Flanders, historical (C,V,display)
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| פלנדריה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Flandern (H,O,German-P,U,N)
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| Flandre (H,V,French-P,U,N)
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| Flandrensis (H,V)
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............ | refers to the original smaller, district around Brugges; name used in 8th century |
| Flandres (H,V)
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| Vlaanderen (H,V,Dutch-P,U,N)
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| Vlaanderen (Flemish-P,U,N)
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| former nation/state/empire (preferred, C) |
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| historical region (C) |
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| principality (H) |
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arose 862, when Baldwin I married daughter of W Frankish king, Charles II the Bald; disappeared in French Revolutionary Wars |
| county (H) |
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of Low Countries, from 9th century |
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Related geographic places: |
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| distinguished from .... |
Flanders .......... (region (administrative division)) |
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(World, Europe, Belgium) [7018236] |
| related to .... |
Belgium .......... (nation) |
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(World, Europe) [1000063] |
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before 1831 |
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