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Activism
Activism (or advocacy) consists of efforts to promote, impede, direct or intervene in social, political, economic or environmental reform with the desire to make changes in society toward a perceived greater good.
Adjective
An adjective (abbreviated adj.) is a word that describes or defines a noun or noun phrase.
Afterlife
The afterlife or life after death is a purported existence in which the essential part of an individual's stream of consciousness or identity continues to exist after the death of their physical body.
Age of Enlightenment
The Age of Enlightenment (also the Age of Reason and the Enlightenment) was the intellectual and philosophical movement that occurred in Europe in the 17th and the 18th centuries.
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Alluvium
Alluvium is loose clay, silt, sand, or gravel that has been deposited by running water in a stream bed, on a floodplain, in an alluvial fan or beach, or in similar settings.
Alps
The Alps are one of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia.
Amsterdam
Amsterdam (literally, "The Dam on the River Amstel") is the capital and most populated city of the Netherlands.
Anabaptism
Anabaptism (from Neo-Latin anabaptista, from the Greek ἀναβαπτισμός: ἀνά 're-' and βαπτισμός 'baptism'; Täufer, earlier also Wiedertäufer)Since the middle of the 20th century, the German-speaking world no longer uses the term Wiedertäufer (translation: "Re-baptizers"), considering it biased.
Ancien régime
The ancien régime was the political and social system of the Kingdom of France that the French Revolution overturned through its abolition in 1790 of the feudal system of the French nobility and in 1792 through its execution of the king and declaration of a republic.
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Anthony van Dyck
Sir Anthony van Dyck (i; 22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Spanish Netherlands and Italy.
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Antwerp
Antwerp (Antwerpen; Anvers) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium.
Antwerp International Airport
Antwerp International Airport, commonly known simply as Antwerp Airport, is a small international airport located south of Antwerp, Belgium.
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Antwerp Province
Antwerp Province (Provincie Antwerpen, Province d'Anvers, Provinz Antwerpen), between 1815 and 1830 known as Central Brabant (Midden-Brabant, Brabant-Central, Mittel-Brabant), is the northernmost province both of the Flemish Region, also called Flanders, and of Belgium.
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Arrondissement of Aalst
The Arrondissement of Aalst is one of the six administrative arrondissements in the Province of East Flanders, Belgium.
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Arrondissement of Antwerp
The Arrondissement of Antwerp is one of the three administrative arrondissements in Antwerp Province, Belgium.
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Arrondissement of Bruges
The Arrondissement of Bruges (Arrondissement Brugge; Arrondissement de Bruges) is one of the eight administrative arrondissements in the Province of West Flanders, Belgium.
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Arrondissement of Brussels-Capital
The Arrondissement of Brussels-Capital (Arrondissement Brussel-Hoofdstad; Arrondissement de Bruxelles-Capitale; Verwaltungsbezirk Brüssel-Hauptstadt) is the only administrative arrondissement in the Brussels Capital Region in Belgium.
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Arrondissement of Dendermonde
The Arrondissement of Dendermonde is one of the six administrative arrondissements in the Province of East Flanders, Belgium.
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Arrondissement of Diksmuide
The Arrondissement of Diksmuide is one of the eight administrative arrondissements in the Province of West Flanders, Belgium.
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Arrondissement of Eeklo
The Arrondissement of Eeklo is one of the six administrative arrondissements in the Province of East Flanders, Belgium.
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Arrondissement of Ghent
The Arrondissement of Ghent is the largest of the six administrative arrondissements in the Province of East Flanders, Belgium.
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Arrondissement of Halle-Vilvoorde
The Halle-Vilvoorde Arrondissement is one of the two administrative arrondissements in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant.
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Arrondissement of Hasselt
The Arrondissement of Hasselt (Arrondissement Hasselt; Arrondissement de Hasselt) is one of the three administrative arrondissements in the Province of Limburg, Belgium.
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Arrondissement of Kortrijk
The Arrondissement of Kortrijk is one of the eight administrative arrondissements in the Province of West Flanders, Belgium.
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Arrondissement of Leuven
The Leuven Arrondissement is one of two arrondissements in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant.
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Arrondissement of Maaseik
The Arrondissement of Maaseik is one of the three administrative arrondissements in the Province of Limburg, Belgium.
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Arrondissement of Mechelen
The Arrondissement of Mechelen (Arrondissement Mechelen; Arrondissement de Malines) is one of the three administrative arrondissements in the Province of Antwerp, Belgium.
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Arrondissement of Ostend
The Arrondissement of Ostend (Arrondissement Oostende; Arrondissement d'Ostende) is one of the eight administrative arrondissements in the Province of West Flanders, Belgium.
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Arrondissement of Oudenaarde
The Arrondissement of Oudenaarde is one of the six administrative arrondissements in the Province of East Flanders, Belgium.
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Arrondissement of Roeselare
The Arrondissement of Roeselare (Arrondissement Roeselare; Arrondissement de Roulers) is one of the eight administrative arrondissements in the Province of West Flanders, Belgium.
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Arrondissement of Sint-Niklaas
The Arrondissement of Sint-Niklaas is one of the six administrative arrondissements in the Province of East Flanders, Belgium.
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Arrondissement of Tielt
The Arrondissement of Tielt (Arrondissement Tielt; Arrondissement de Tielt) is one of the eight administrative arrondissements in the Province of West Flanders, Belgium.
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Arrondissement of Tongeren
The Arrondissement of Tongeren (Arrondissement Tongeren; Arrondissement de Tongres) is one of the three administrative arrondissements in the Province of Limburg, Belgium.
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Arrondissement of Turnhout
The Arrondissement of Turnhout (Arrondissement Turnhout; Arrondissement de Turnhout) is one of the three administrative arrondissements in the Province of Antwerp, Belgium.
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Arrondissement of Veurne
The Arrondissement of Veurne (Arrondissement Veurne; Arrondissement de Furnes) is one of the eight administrative arrondissements in the Province of West Flanders, Belgium.
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Arrondissement of Ypres
The Arrondissement of Ypres (Arrondissement Ieper; Arrondissement d'Ypres) is one of the eight administrative arrondissements in the Province of West Flanders, Belgium.
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Arrondissements of Belgium
Arrondissements of Belgium are subdivisions below the provinces of Belgium.
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Augustinians
Augustinians are members of several religious orders that follow the Rule of Saint Augustine, written in about 400 AD by Augustine of Hippo.
Austrian Netherlands
The Austrian Netherlands Oostenrijkse Nederlanden; Pays-Bas Autrichiens; Österreichische Niederlande; Belgium Austriacum.
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Émile Verhaeren
Émile Adolphe Gustave Verhaeren (21 May 1855 – 27 November 1916) was a Belgian poet and art critic who wrote in the French language.
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Baarle-Hertog
(Baerle-Duc) is a Flemish municipality of Belgium, much of which consists of a number of small Belgian enclaves fully surrounded by the Netherlands.
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Baarle-Nassau
Baarle-Nassau is a municipality and town in the southern Netherlands, located in the province of North Brabant.
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Baldwin I, Margrave of Flanders
Baldwin I (probably 830s – 879), also known as Baldwin Iron Arm (Boudewijn met de IJzeren Arm; the epithet is first recorded in the 12th century), was the first margrave of Flanders, which evolved into the County of Flanders.
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Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut
Baldwin V of Hainaut (1150 – 17 December 1195) was count of Hainaut (1171–1195), margrave of Namur as Baldwin I (1189–1195) and count of Flanders as Baldwin VIII (1191–1195).
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BASF
BASF SE, an initialism of its original name, is a European multinational company and the largest chemical producer in the world.
Battle of the Golden Spurs
The Battle of the Golden Spurs (Guldensporenslag; Bataille des éperons d'or) or 1302 Battle of Courtrai was a military confrontation between the royal army of France and rebellious forces of the County of Flanders on 11 July 1302 during the 1297–1305 Franco-Flemish War.
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Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815, near Waterloo (at that time in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, now in Belgium), marking the end of the Napoleonic Wars.
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Beeldenstorm
Beeldenstorm in Dutch and Bildersturm in German (roughly translatable from both languages as 'attack on the images or statues') are terms used for outbreaks of destruction of religious images that occurred in Europe in the 16th century, known in English as the Great Iconoclasm or Iconoclastic Fury and in French as the Furie iconoclaste.
Belgae
The Belgae were a large confederation of tribes living in northern Gaul, between the English Channel, the west bank of the Rhine, and the northern bank of the river Seine, from at least the third century BC.
Belgian Federal Parliament
The Federal Parliament is the bicameral parliament of Belgium.
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Belgian franc
The Belgian franc was the currency of the Kingdom of Belgium from 1832 until 2002 when the Euro was introduced.
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Belgian Revolution
The Belgian Revolution was the conflict which led to the secession of the southern provinces (mainly the former Southern Netherlands) from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and the establishment of an independent Kingdom of Belgium.
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Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Flanders and Belgium are countries and territories where Dutch is an official language.
Belgium–Luxembourg Economic Union
The Belgium–Luxembourg Economic Union (Belgisch-Luxemburgse Economische Unie, Union économique belgo-luxembourgeoise, Belgisch-Luxemburgische Wirtschaftsunion, Belsch-Lëtzebuerger Wirtschaftsunioun), abbreviated to BLEU or UEBL, is an economic union between Belgium and Luxembourg, two countries in the Benelux Union.
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Bernard Hinault
Bernard Hinault (born 14 November 1954) is a French former professional road cyclist.
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Black Death
The Black Death was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Europe from 1346 to 1353.
Blue Banana
The Blue Banana, also known as the European Megalopolis or the Liverpool–Milan Axis, is a discontinuous corridor of urbanization in Western and Central Europe, with a population of around 100 million.
Bourgeoisie
The bourgeoisie are a class of business owners and merchants which emerged in the Late Middle Ages, originally as a "middle class" between peasantry and aristocracy.
Bruges
Bruges (Brugge; Brügge) is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium, in the northwest of the country.
Brugse Vrije
The Brugse Vrije was a castellany in the county of Flanders, often called in English "the Franc of Bruges".
Brussels
Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium. Flanders and Brussels are Autonomous regions and regions of Belgium.
Brussels Airport
Brussels Airport (Luchthaven Brussel, Aéroport de Bruxelles) — also informally called Brussels-National Airport (Luchthaven Brussel-Nationaal, Aéroport de Bruxelles-National) or Brussels-Zaventem Airport (Luchthaven Brussel-Zaventem, Aéroport de Bruxelles-Zaventem) — is an international airport in the municipality of Zaventem in Flemish Brabant, northeast of Brussels, Belgium.
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Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Affairs (DRL) is a bureau within the United States Department of State.
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Burgundian Netherlands
In the history of the Low Countries, the Burgundian Netherlands (Burgundiae Belgicae, Pays-Bas bourguignons., Bourgondische Nederlanden, Burgundesch Nidderlanden, Bas Payis borguignons) or the Burgundian Age is the period between 1384 and 1482, during which a growing part of the Low Countries was ruled by the Dukes of Burgundy.
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BVN
BVN (Het beste van NPO, "The best of NPO"), is a Dutch free-to-air television channel providing Dutch public television to viewers around the world.
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Calcium
Calcium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ca and atomic number 20.
Campine
The Campine (French) or De Kempen (Dutch) is a natural region situated chiefly in north-eastern Belgium and parts of the south-eastern Netherlands which once consisted mainly of extensive moors, tracts of sandy heath, and wetlands.
Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
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Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968)
The Catholic University of Leuven or Louvain (Université catholique de Louvain, Katholieke Hogeschool te Leuven, later Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven) was founded in 1834 in Mechelen as the Catholic University of Belgium, and moved its seat to the town of Leuven in 1835, changing its name to Catholic University of Leuven.
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Célestin Freinet
Célestin Freinet (15 October 1896 in Gars, Alpes-Maritimes – 8 October 1966 in Vence) was a noted French pedagogue and educational reformer.
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Celtic languages
The Celtic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family, descended from Proto-Celtic.
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Central European Summer Time
Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00), sometimes referred to as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time (CET; UTC+01:00) during the other part of the year.
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Central European Time
Central European Time (CET) is a standard time of Central, and parts of Western Europe, which is one hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
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Charles the Bald
Charles the Bald (Charles le Chauve; 13 June 823 – 6 October 877), also known as Charles II, was a 9th-century king of West Francia (843–877), King of Italy (875–877) and emperor of the Carolingian Empire (875–877).
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Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles V (Ghent, 24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Spain from 1516 to 1556, and Lord of the Netherlands as titular Duke of Burgundy from 1506 to 1555.
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Chemical substance
A chemical substance is a unique form of matter with constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.
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Childeric I
Childeric I (Childéric; Flavius Childericus; reconstructed Frankish: *Hildirīk; died 481 AD) was a Frankish leader in the northern part of imperial Roman Gaul and a member of the Merovingian dynasty, described as a king (Latin rex), both on his Roman-style seal ring, which was buried with him, and in fragmentary later records of his life.
Chlodio
Chlodio (probably died after 450), also Clodio, Clodius, Clodion, Cloio or Chlogio, was a Frankish king who attacked and then apparently ruled Roman-inhabited lands around Cambrai and Tournai, near the modern border of Belgium and France.
Christian Democratic and Flemish
Christian Democratic and Flemish (CD&V) is a Flemish Christian-democratic political party in Belgium.
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City of Brussels
The City of Brussels is the largest municipality and historical centre of the Brussels-Capital Region, as well as the capital of the Flemish Region (from which it is separate) and Belgium.
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Civitas
In Ancient Rome, the Latin term civitas (plural civitates), according to Cicero in the time of the late Roman Republic, was the social body of the cives, or citizens, united by law (concilium coetusque hominum jure sociati).
Classic cycle races
The classic cycle races are the most prestigious one-day professional road cycling races in the international calendar.
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Clay
Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolinite, Al2Si2O5(OH)4).
Clovis I
Clovis (Chlodovechus; reconstructed Frankish: *Hlōdowig; – 27 November 511) was the first king of the Franks to unite all of the Franks under one ruler, changing the form of leadership from a group of petty kings to rule by a single king and ensuring that the kingship was passed down to his heirs.
Communities, regions, and language areas of Belgium
Belgium is a federal state comprising three communities and three regions that are based on four language areas. Flanders and communities, regions, and language areas of Belgium are regions of Belgium.
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Concentra
Concentra Inc., is a national health care establishment founded in 1979 in Amarillo, Texas.
Confederation of Christian Trade Unions
The Confederation of Christian Trade Unions (Algemeen Christelijk Vakverbond, or ACV; Confédération des syndicats chrétiens, CSC) is the largest of Belgium's three trade union federations.
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Congress of Vienna
The Congress of Vienna of 1814–1815 was a series of international diplomatic meetings to discuss and agree upon a possible new layout of the European political and constitutional order after the downfall of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.
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Constitutional monarchy
Constitutional monarchy, also known as limited monarchy, parliamentary monarchy or democratic monarchy, is a form of monarchy in which the monarch exercises their authority in accordance with a constitution and is not alone in making decisions.
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Count of Flanders
The count of Flanders was the ruler or sub-ruler of the county of Flanders, beginning in the 9th century.
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Counter-Reformation
The Counter-Reformation, also sometimes called the Catholic Revival, was the period of Catholic resurgence that was initiated in response to, and as an alternative to, the Protestant Reformations at the time.
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County of Flanders
The County of Flanders was one of the most powerful political entities in the medieval Low Countries, located on the North Sea coast of what is now Belgium.
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County of Hainaut
The County of Hainaut (Comté de Hainaut.; Graafschap Henegouwen.; comitatus hanoniensis.), sometimes spelled Hainault, was a territorial lordship within the medieval Holy Roman Empire that straddled the present-day border of Belgium and France.
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County of Loon
The County of Loon was a county in the Holy Roman Empire, which corresponded approximately with the modern Belgian province of Limburg.
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Currency union
A currency union (also known as monetary union) is an intergovernmental agreement that involves two or more states sharing the same currency.
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Customs union
A customs union is generally defined as a type of trade bloc which is composed of a free trade area with a common external tariff.
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Daens (film)
Daens is a 1992 Belgian period drama film directed by Stijn Coninx and based on a novel by Louis Paul Boon.
Daniel Auber
Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (29 January 178212 May 1871) was a French composer and director of the Paris Conservatoire.
De Lijn
Vlaamse Vervoersmaatschappij De Lijn (English: Flemish transport company De Lijn), usually known as De Lijn ("The Line"), is a company run by the Flemish government in Belgium to provide public transportation with about 2240 buses and 399 trams.
De Morgen
De Morgen (Dutch for The Morning) is a Flemish newspaper with a circulation of 53,860.
De Standaard
() is a Flemish daily newspaper published in Belgium by Mediahuis (formerly Corelio and VUM).
De Tijd
De Tijd (The Times) is a Belgian newspaper that mainly focuses on business and economics.
De Vlaamse Leeuw
"De Vlaamse Leeuw" (The Flemish Lion) is the official anthem of Flanders, a region and community in Belgium.
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Deelgemeente
A (literally sub-municipality), or section, is a subdivision of a municipality in Belgium and, until March 2014, in the Netherlands as well.
Demonym
A demonym or gentilic is a word that identifies a group of people (inhabitants, residents, natives) in relation to a particular place.
Departments of France
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (département) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes.
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Deux-Nèthes
Deux-Nèthes (Twee Neten) was a department of the First French Republic and of the First French Empire in present-day Belgium and the Netherlands.
Di Rupo Government
The Di Rupo Government was the federal cabinet of Belgium sworn in on 6 December 2011, after a record-breaking 541 days of negotiations following the June 2010 elections.
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Digital Library for Dutch Literature
The Digital Library for Dutch Literature (Dutch: Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren or DBNL) is a website (showing the abbreviation as dbnl) about Dutch language and Dutch literature.
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Diksmuide
italics (Dixmude,; Diksmude) is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders.
Diphthong
A diphthong, also known as a gliding vowel or a vowel glide, is a combination of two adjacent vowel sounds within the same syllable.
Dissent
Dissent is an opinion, philosophy or sentiment of non-agreement or opposition to a prevailing idea or policy enforced under the authority of a government, political party or other entity or individual.
Districts of Antwerp
The Belgian city of Antwerp consists of nine former municipalities (called deelgemeenten) which have the special status of district.
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DPG Media
DPG Media Group is a Belgian media company also active in the Netherlands and Denmark.
Drawing pin
A drawing pin (in British English) or tack (in North American English), also called a push-pin, is a short, small pin or nail with a flat, broad head that can be pressed into place with pressure from the thumb, often used for hanging light articles on a wall or noticeboard.
Duchy of Brabant
The Duchy of Brabant, a state of the Holy Roman Empire, was established in 1183.
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Duchy of Burgundy
The Duchy of Burgundy (Ducatus Burgundiae; Duché de Bourgogne) emerged in the 9th century as one of the successors of the ancient Kingdom of the Burgundians, which after its conquest in 532 had formed a constituent part of the Frankish Empire.
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Duke of Alba
Duke of Alba de Tormes (Duque de Alba de Tormes), commonly known as Duke of Alba, is a title of Spanish nobility that is accompanied by the dignity of Grandee of Spain.
Dutch Golden Age
The Dutch Golden Age (Gouden Eeuw) was a period in the history of the Netherlands which roughly lasted from 1588, when the Dutch Republic was established, to 1672, when the Rampjaar occurred.
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Dutch language
Dutch (Nederlands.) is a West Germanic language, spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language and is the third most spoken Germanic language.
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Dutch Language Union
The Dutch Language Union (Dutch:, NTU) is an international regulatory institution that governs issues regarding the Dutch language.
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Dutch Republic
The United Provinces of the Netherlands, officially the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) and commonly referred to in historiography as the Dutch Republic, was a confederation that existed from 1579 until the Batavian Revolution in 1795.
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Dutch-language literature
Dutch language literature comprises all writings of literary merit written through the ages in the Dutch language, a language which currently has around 23 million native speakers.
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Dwars door Vlaanderen
Dwars door Vlaanderen (Across Flanders) is a semi-classic road bicycle race in Belgium, held annually since 1945.
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Dyle (department)
Dyle (Dijle) was a department of the French First Republic and French First Empire in present-day Belgium.
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Early modern period
The early modern period is a historical period that is part of the modern period based primarily on the history of Europe and the broader concept of modernity.
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Early Netherlandish painting
Early Netherlandish painting is the body of work by artists active in the Burgundian and Habsburg Netherlands during the 15th- and 16th-century Northern Renaissance period, once known as the Flemish Primitives.
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East Flanders
East Flanders (Oost-Vlaanderen, Flandre-Orientale, Ostflandern, Ôost-Vloandern) is a province of Belgium.
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Eddy Merckx
Édouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx (born 17 June 1945), known as Eddy Merckx, is a Belgian former professional road and track cyclist racer who is the most successful rider in the history of competitive cycling.
Education in Flanders
The education in the Flemish Community covers the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium and consists of three networks (netten): government-provided education (gemeenschapsonderwijs), subsidized public schools (by provinces and municipalities) and subsidized free schools (mainly affiliated to the Catholic church).
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Electoral list
An electoral list is a grouping of candidates for election, usually found in proportional or mixed electoral systems, but also in some plurality electoral systems.
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Enclave and exclave
An enclave is a territory that is entirely surrounded by the territory of only one other state or entity.
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Erik Van Looy
Erik Ludovicus Maria Van Looy is a Belgian film director known for his thriller movies.
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Ernest Claes
Andreas Ernestus Josephus Claes (24 October 1885 in Zichem – 2 September 1968 in Elsene) was a Belgian author.
Escaut (department)
Escaut (Schelde) was a department of the French First Republic and French First Empire in present-day Belgium and Netherlands.
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Estuary
An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.
Eupen-Malmedy
Eupen-Malmedy is a small, predominantly German-speaking region in eastern Belgium.
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Euro
The euro (symbol: €; currency code: EUR) is the official currency of 20 of the member states of the European Union.
European Coal and Steel Community
The European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) was a European organization created after World War II to integrate Europe's coal and steel industries into a single common market based on the principle of supranationalism which would be governed by the creation of a High Authority which would be made up of appointed representatives from the member states who would not represent their national interest, but would take and make decisions in the general interests of the Community as a whole.
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European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.
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F.C. De Kampioenen
F.C. De Kampioenen (F.C. The Champions) is a long-running Flemish sitcom chronicling the (mis)adventures of a fictional local football team.
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Fall of Antwerp
The fall of Antwerp (val van Antwerpen) on 17 August 1585 took place during the Eighty Years' War, after a siege lasting over a year from July 1584 until August 1585.
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Federal Public Service Economy
The FPS Economy, SMEs, Middle Classes, and Energy (FOD Economie, KMO, Middenstand en Energie, SPF Économie, PME, Classes moyennes et Énergie, FÖD Wirtschaft, KMU, Mittelstand und Energie), more commonly known as the FPS Economy, is a Federal Public Service of Belgium.
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Federated state
A federated state (also state, province, region, canton, land, governorate, oblast, emirate, or country) is a territorial and constitutional community forming part of a federation.
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Felix Timmermans
Leopold Maximiliaan Felix Timmermans (5 July 1886 – 24 January 1947) is a much translated author from Flanders.
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Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3rd Duke of Alba (29 October 150711 December 1582), known as the Grand Duke of Alba (Grão Duque de Alba) in Spain and Portugal and as the Iron Duke (or shortly 'Alva') in the Netherlands, was a Spanish noble, general and diplomat.
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Feudalism
Feudalism, also known as the feudal system, was a combination of legal, economic, military, cultural, and political customs that flourished in medieval Europe from the 9th to 15th centuries.
Fief
A fief (feudum) was a central element in medieval contracts based on feudal law.
Fixkes
Fixkes is a Belgian band from Stabroek, near Antwerp.
Flanders
Flanders (Dutch: Vlaanderen) is the Dutch-speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium. Flanders and Flanders are Autonomous regions, countries and territories where Dutch is an official language and regions of Belgium.
Flanders Classics
Flanders Classics is an official cooperation among the organizers of the classic cycle races held in Flanders, Belgium.
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Flanders DC
Flanders District of Creativity or Flanders DC is a non-profit organization founded by the Flemish government, on 7 May 2004, centered around the design and fashion sector.
Flanders International Airport
Flanders International Airport, Flanders Airport or Kortrijk-Wevelgem International Airport is an airport located in the town of Wevelgem, West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium and partly also in the Bissegem section of the city of Kortrijk (west.
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Flemish Brabant
Flemish Brabant (Vlaams-Brabant; Brabant flamand) is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium.
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Flemish Community
The Flemish Community is one of the three institutional communities of Belgium, established by the Belgian constitution and having legal responsibilities only within the precise geographical boundaries of the Dutch-language area and of the bilingual area of Brussels-Capital.
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Flemish Community Commission
The Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie (or VGC, or, in English, the Flemish Community Commission) is the local representative of the Flemish authorities in the Brussels-Capital Region, one of the three regions of Belgium.
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Flemish dialects
Flemish (Vlaams) is a Low Franconian dialect cluster of the Dutch language.
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Flemish Diamond
The Flemish Diamond (Vlaamse Ruit) is the Flemish reference to a network of four metropolitan areas in Belgium, three of which are in the central provinces of Flanders, together with the Brussels-Capital Region.
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Flemish Government
The Flemish Government (Vlaamse regering) is the executive branch of the Flemish Community and the Flemish Region of Belgium.
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Flemish Institute for Technological Research
The Flemish Institute for Technological Research (Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek or VITO), is an independent Flemish research organisation that provides scientific advice and technological innovations that facilitate the transition to a sustainable society, and this in the areas of energy, chemistry, materials, health and land use.
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Flemish literature
Flemish literature is literature from Flanders, historically a region comprising parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands.
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Flemish Movement
The Flemish Movement (Vlaamse Beweging) is an umbrella term which encompasses various political groups in the Belgian region of Flanders and, less commonly, in French Flanders.
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Flemish painting
Flemish painting flourished from the early 15th century until the 17th century, gradually becoming distinct from the painting of the rest of the Low Countries, especially the modern Netherlands.
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Flemish Parliament
The Flemish Parliament (Dutch:, formerly called Flemish Council or Vlaamse Raad) constitutes the legislative power in Flanders for matters which fall within the competence of Flanders, both as a geographic region and as a cultural community of Belgium (unlike the French Community and Wallonia, which each have separate legislatures: the Parliament of the French Community and the Parliament of Wallonia).
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Flemish people
Flemish people or Flemings (Vlamingen) are a Germanic ethnic group native to Flanders, Belgium, who speak Flemish Dutch.
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Flemish Region
The Flemish Region (Vlaams Gewest), usually simply referred to as Flanders (Vlaanderen), is one of the three regions of Belgium—alongside the Walloon Region and the Brussels-Capital Region. Flanders and Flemish Region are regions of Belgium.
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Flemish Secession hoax
Tout ça (ne nous rendra pas la Belgique) or Bye Bye Belgium, also called "The Flemish Secession Hoax," was a hoax perpetrated by the French-language Belgian public TV station RTBF on Wednesday, December 13, 2006.
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Flemish Sign Language
Flemish Sign Language (Vlaamse Gebarentaal, VGT) is a deaf sign language of Belgium.
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Four Members
The Four members (Vier Leden) consisted of Bruges, Franc of Bruges, Ghent and Ypres gathered together in a medieval parliament.
Francization of Brussels
The Francization of Brussels refers to the evolution, over the past two centuries, of this historically Dutch-speaking city into one where French has become the majority language and lingua franca.
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Franco-Dutch War
The Franco-Dutch War was a European conflict that lasted from 1672 to 1678.
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Franco-Flemish School
The designation Franco-Flemish School, also called Netherlandish School, Burgundian School, Low Countries School, Flemish School, Dutch School, or Northern School, refers to the style of polyphonic vocal music composition originating from France and from the Burgundian Netherlands in the 15th and 16th centuries as well as to the composers who wrote it.
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Franco-Flemish War
The Franco-Flemish War (Guerre de Flandre; Vlaamse opstand) was a conflict between the Kingdom of France and the County of Flanders between 1297 and 1305.
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Freedom of religion in Belgium
In 2022, the constitution of Belgium provides for freedom of religion.
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Freethought
Freethought (sometimes spelled free thought) is an unorthodox attitude or belief.
French First Republic
In the history of France, the First Republic (Première République), sometimes referred to in historiography as Revolutionary France, and officially the French Republic (République française), was founded on 21 September 1792 during the French Revolution.
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French Flanders
French Flanders (La Flandre française) is a part of the historical County of Flanders, where Flemish—a Low Franconian dialect cluster of Dutch—was (and to some extent, still is) traditionally spoken.
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Gallia Belgica
Gallia Belgica ("Belgic Gaul") was a province of the Roman Empire located in the north-eastern part of Roman Gaul, in what is today primarily northern France, Belgium, and Luxembourg, along with parts of the Netherlands and Germany.
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Gaston Burssens
Gaston Karel Mathilde Burssens (18 February 1896 – 29 January 1965) was a Belgian Expressionist poet.
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Gazet van Antwerpen
The (popularly named De Frut) is a Belgian newspaper in Antwerp and Flanders, published by Concentra.
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Geert Bourgeois
Geert Albert Bourgeois (born 6 July 1951) is a Belgian politician of the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA), which he founded in 2001, who is currently serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019.
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Gent–Wevelgem
Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934.
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Gentse Feesten
The Gentse Feesten (in Ghent dialect Gense Fieste; "Ghent Festival") is an annual music and theatre festival in Ghent, Belgium.
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German-speaking Community of Belgium
The German-speaking Community (Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft), also known as East Belgium (Ostbelgien), is one of the three federal communities of Belgium, with an area of in the Liège Province of Wallonia, including nine of the eleven municipalities of Eupen-Malmedy.
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Germania Inferior
Germania Inferior ("Lower Germania") was a Roman province from AD 85 until the province was renamed Germania Secunda in the 4th century AD, on the west bank of the Rhine bordering the North Sea.
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Germanic languages
The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of about 515 million people mainly in Europe, North America, Oceania and Southern Africa.
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Germanic peoples
The Germanic peoples were tribal groups who once occupied Northwestern and Central Europe and Scandinavia during antiquity and into the early Middle Ages.
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Ghent
Ghent (Gent; Gand; historically known as Gaunt in English) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium.
Gout
Gout is a form of inflammatory arthritis characterized by recurrent attacks of pain in a red, tender, hot, and swollen joint, caused by the deposition of needle-like crystals of uric acid known as monosodium urate crystals.
Groen (political party)
Groen, founded as Agalev, is a green Flemish political party in Belgium.
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Gross regional domestic product
Gross regional domestic product (GRDP), gross domestic product of region (GDPR), or gross state product (GSP) is a statistic that measures the size of a region's economy.
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Guido Gezelle
Guido Pieter Theodorus Josephus Gezelle (1 May 1830 – 27 November 1899) was an influential writer and poet and a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium.
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Hainaut Province
Hainaut (also,,; Henegouwen; Hinnot; Hénau), historically also known as Heynault in English, is a province of Wallonia and Belgium.
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Hanseaten (class)
The Hanseaten (Hanseatics) is a collective term for the hierarchy group (so called First Families) consisting of elite individuals and families of prestigious rank who constituted the ruling class of the free imperial city of Hamburg, conjointly with the equal First Families of the free imperial cities of Bremen and Lübeck.
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Hasselt
Hasselt is a Belgian city and municipality.
Hauts-de-France
Hauts-de-France (Upper France, Picard: Heuts d'Franche) is the northernmost region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy.
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Hector (1987 film)
Hector is a Belgian comedy-drama film, directed by Stijn Coninx starring Urbanus and Sylvia Millecam.
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Heinrich von Veldeke
Heinrich von Veldeke (aka: He(y)nric van Veldeke(n), Dutch Hendrik van Veldeke, born before or around 1150 – died after 1184) is the first writer in the Low Countries known by name who wrote in a European language other than Latin.
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Helmut Lotti
Helmut Lotti (born Helmut Barthold Johannes Alma Lotigiers; 22 October 1969), is a Belgian tenorGoldsmith B (2009).
Hendrik Conscience
Henri (Hendrik) Conscience (3 December 1812 – 10 September 1883) was a Belgian author.
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Herman Brusselmans
Herman Frans Martha Brusselmans (born 9 October 1957) is a Belgian novelist, poet, playwright and columnist.
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Herman de Coninck
Herman de Coninck (21 February 1944 – 22 May 1997) was a Belgian poet, essayist, journalist and publisher.
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Herstappe
Herstappe is a Flemish municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg.
Het Belang van Limburg
(Dutch; literally The Interest of Limburg) is a Dutch language regional newspaper in Belgium.
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Het Laatste Nieuws
Het Laatste Nieuws (HLN;; in English The Latest News) is a Dutch-language newspaper based in Antwerp, Belgium.
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Het Nieuwsblad
(The Newspaper) is a Flemish newspaper that mainly focusses on "a broad view" regarding politics, culture, economics, lifestyle, society and sports.
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History of art
The history of art focuses on objects made by humans for any number of spiritual, narrative, philosophical, symbolic, conceptual, documentary, decorative, and even functional and other purposes, but with a primary emphasis on its aesthetic visual form.
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History of the Jews in Antwerp
The history of the Jews in Antwerp, a major city in the modern country of Belgium, goes back at least eight hundred years.
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History of the Jews in Belgium
The history of the Jews in Belgium goes back to the 1st century CE until today.
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Holy Roman Emperor
The Holy Roman Emperor, originally and officially the Emperor of the Romans (Imperator Romanorum, Kaiser der Römer) during the Middle Ages, and also known as the Roman-German Emperor since the early modern period (Imperator Germanorum, Roman-German emperor), was the ruler and head of state of the Holy Roman Empire.
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Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor.
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House of Habsburg
The House of Habsburg (Haus Habsburg), also known as the House of Austria, was one of the most prominent and important dynasties in European history.
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Hugo Claus
Hugo Maurice Julien Claus (5 April 1929 – 19 March 2008) was a leading Belgian author who published under his own name as well as various pseudonyms.
Humo (magazine)
Humo (stylized in all caps) is a popular Dutch-language Belgian weekly radio and television magazine.
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Hundred Years' War
The Hundred Years' War (1337–1453) was a conflict between the kingdoms of England and France and a civil war in France during the Late Middle Ages.
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Hypothetical partition of Belgium
The partition of Belgium is a hypothetical situation, which has been discussed by both Belgian and international media, envisioning a split of Belgium along linguistic divisions, with the Flemish Community (Flanders) and the French-speaking Community (Wallonia) becoming independent states.
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Iconoclasm
Iconoclasm (from Greek: label + label)From lit.
IJzerbedevaart
The Yser Pilgrimage (IJzerbedevaart) is an annual gathering at the Yser Tower (IJzertoren) in Diksmuide, West Flanders in Belgium.
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IMEC
Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (imec) is an international research & development organization, active in the fields of nanoelectronics and digital technologies with headquarters in Belgium.
Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution, sometimes divided into the First Industrial Revolution and Second Industrial Revolution, was a period of global transition of the human economy towards more widespread, efficient and stable manufacturing processes that succeeded the Agricultural Revolution.
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International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; Comité international olympique, CIO) is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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ISO 3166-2:BE
ISO 3166-2:BE is the entry for Belgium in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g. provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1. Flanders and ISO 3166-2:BE are regions of Belgium.
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Jacques Anquetil
Jacques Anquetil (8 January 1934 – 18 November 1987) was a French road racing cyclist and the first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times, in 1957 and from 1961 to 1964.
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Jacques Rogge
Jacques Jean Marie, Count Rogge (2 May 1942 – 29 August 2021) was a Belgian sports administrator and physician, who served as the 8th President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 2001 to 2013.
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Jambon Government
The Jambon Government (Regering-Jambon) is the Flemish Government formed and sworn in on 2 October 2019, following the 2019 Belgian regional elections and replacing the interim Homans Government.
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Jan Jambon
Jan Jambon (born 26 April 1960) is a Belgian politician of the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) who has been serving as Minister-President of Flanders since 2019.
Jean-Marie Dedecker
Jean-Marie Louis Dedecker (born 13 June 1952) is a Belgian politician.
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Jean-Marie Pfaff
Jean-Marie Pfaff (born 4 December 1953) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper who spent most of his professional career with Beveren and Bayern Munich.
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Joanna, Duchess of Brabant
Joanna, Duchess of Brabant (24 June 1322 – 1 December 1406), also known as Jeanne, was a ruling Duchess (Duke) of Brabant from 1355 until her death.
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Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
Joseph II (German: Josef Benedikt Anton Michael Adam; English: Joseph Benedict Anthony Michael Adam; 13 March 1741 – 20 February 1790) was Holy Roman Emperor from 18 August 1765 and sole ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 29 November 1780 until his death.
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Julius Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar (12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman.
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Justine Henin
Justine Henin (born 1 June 1982) is a Belgian former world No. 1 tennis player.
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Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
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Ketnet
Ketnet is a Dutch-language public children's television channel in Belgium owned and operated by the VRT, Flemish public broadcaster.
Kim Clijsters
Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters (born 8 June 1983) is a Belgian former professional tennis player.
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Kim Gevaert
Kim Gevaert (born 5 August 1978 in Leuven) is a former sprint athlete and Olympic champion from Belgium.
Knack (magazine)
Knack is a Belgian Dutch-language weekly news magazine covering local news, politics, sports, business, jobs, and community events.
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Koko Flanel
Koko Flanel is a Belgian comedy movie directed by Stijn Coninx starring Urbanus, Bea Van der Maat, Willeke van Ammelrooy, and Ann Petersen.
Kortrijk
Kortrijk (Kortryk or Kortrik; Courtrai; Cortoriacum), sometimes known in English as Courtrai or Courtray, is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders.
Kristien Hemmerechts
Kristien Hemmerechts (born 27 August 1955) is a Belgian writer.
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La muette de Portici
La muette de Portici (The Mute Girl of Portici, or The Dumb Girl of Portici), also called Masaniello in some versions, is an opera in five acts by Daniel Auber, with a libretto by Germain Delavigne, revised by Eugène Scribe.
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Lance Armstrong
Lance Edward Armstrong (né Gunderson; born September 18, 1971) is an American former professional road racing cyclist.
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Landgraviate of Brabant
The Landgraviate of Brabant (1085–1183, Landgraafschap Brabant, Comté de Brabant) was a small medieval fiefdom west of Brussels, consisting of the area between the Dender and Zenne rivers in the Low Countries, then part of the Holy Roman Empire.
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Lannoo
Uitgeverij Lannoo Groep is a Belgian publishing group, based in Tielt, with assets in Belgium and the Netherlands.
Leuven
Leuven, also called Louvain (Löwen), is the capital and largest city of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium.
Levee
A levee, dike (American English), dyke (Commonwealth English), embankment, floodbank, or stop bank is a structure used to keep the course of rivers from changing and to protect against flooding of the area adjoining the river or coast.
Liège Province
Liège (Lîdje; Luik; Lüttich) is the easternmost province of the Wallonia region of Belgium.
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Libertair, Direct, Democratisch
Libertarian, Direct, Democratic (Libertair, Direct, Democratisch; LDD) is a conservative-liberal, libertarian, right-wing populist Flemish political party in Belgium.
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Liesbeth Homans
Liesbeth Homans (born 17 February 1973) is a Belgian politician and is affiliated to New Flemish Alliance.
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Lille
Lille (Rijsel; Lile; Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders.
Lille-Flandres station
Lille-Flandres station (Gare de Lille-Flandres, Rijsel Vlaanderen) is the main railway station of Lille, capital of French Flanders.
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Limburg (Belgium)
Limburg (Limburg,; Limburg or Wes-Limburg; Limbourg), also known as Belgian Limburg, is a province in Belgium.
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Limburg (Netherlands)
Limburg, also known as Dutch Limburg, is the southernmost of the twelve provinces of the Netherlands.
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List of capitals outside the territories they serve
There are many cases where a subnational administrative division (a federated state, municipality, or other unit) is governed from a capital city that is not itself a part of that territory.
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List of municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region
The 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) are the political subdivisions of Belgium's central region.
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List of municipalities of the Flemish Region
At the creation of Belgium in 1831, there were 2,739 municipalities in the country, which had fallen to 2,663 municipalities by 1961.
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Loft (2008 film)
Loft is a 2008 Belgian erotic mystery film directed by Erik Van Looy and written by Bart De Pauw, starring an ensemble cast of Flemish actors, led by Koen De Bouw, Filip Peeters, Bruno Vanden Broucke, Matthias Schoenaerts and Koen De Graeve.
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Louis II, Count of Flanders
Louis II (Lodewijk van Male; Louis II de Flandre) (25 October 1330, Male – 30 January 1384, Lille), also known as Louis of Male, a member of the House of Dampierre, was Count of Flanders, Nevers and Rethel from 1346 as well as Count of Artois and Burgundy from 1382 until his death.
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Louis Paul Boon
Lodewijk Paul Aalbrecht (Louis Paul) Boon (15 March 1912, in Aalst – 10 May 1979, in Erembodegem) was a Belgian writer of novels, poetry, pornography, columns and art criticism.
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Louvain-la-Neuve
Louvain-la-Neuve (French for New Leuven; Li Noû Lovén) is a planned town in the municipality of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Wallonia, Belgium, situated 30 km southeast of Brussels, in the province of Walloon Brabant.
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Low Countries
The Low Countries (de Lage Landen; les Pays-Bas), historically also known as the Netherlands (de Nederlanden), is a coastal lowland region in Northwestern Europe forming the lower basin of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta and consisting today of the three modern "Benelux" countries: Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands (Nederland, which is singular).
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Lutheranism
Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that identifies primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church ended the Middle Ages and, in 1517, launched the Reformation.
Lys (department)
Lys (Leie) was a department of the French First Republic and French First Empire in present-day Belgium.
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Maastricht University
Maastricht University (abbreviated as UM; Universiteit Maastricht) is a public research university in Maastricht, Netherlands.
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Manx
Manx (formerly sometimes spelled Manks) is an adjective (and derived noun) describing things or people related to the Isle of Man.
Manx language
Manx (Gaelg or Gailck, or), also known as Manx Gaelic, is a Gaelic language of the insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, itself a branch of the Indo-European language family.
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Marl
Marl is an earthy material rich in carbonate minerals, clays, and silt.
Marsacii
The Marsaci or Marsacii were a tribe in Roman imperial times, who lived within the area of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, under Roman domination.
Maurice Maeterlinck
Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck (29 August 1862 – 6 May 1949), also known as Count (or Comte) Maeterlinck from 1932, was a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who was Flemish but wrote in French.
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Mediahuis
Mediahuis is a European multinational newspaper and magazine publishing, distribution, printing, television, radio and online media company founded in 2014 with assets in Belgium, the Netherlands, Ireland, Luxembourg and Germany.
Medieval commune
Medieval communes in the European Middle Ages had sworn allegiances of mutual defense (both physical defense and of traditional freedoms) among the citizens of a town or city.
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Menapii
The Menapii were a Belgic tribe dwelling near the North Sea, around present-day Cassel, during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
Mennonites
Mennonites are a group of Anabaptist Christian communities tracing their roots to the epoch of the Radical Reformation.
Meuse
The Meuse (Moûze) or Maas (Maos or Maas) is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea from the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta.
Meuse-Inférieure
Meuse-Inférieure ("Lower Meuse") was a department of the French First Republic and French First Empire in present-day Belgium, Netherlands and Germany.
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Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.
Miguel Induráin
Miguel Induráin Larraya (born 16 July 1964) is a retired Spanish road racing cyclist.
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Minister-President of Flanders
The minister-president of Flanders (Minister-president van Vlaanderen) is the head of the Flemish Government, which is the executive branch of the Flemish Region and Flemish Community.
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Monotheism
Monotheism is the belief that one god is the only deity.
Montessori education
The Montessori method of education is a type of educational method that involves children's natural interests and activities rather than formal teaching methods.
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Morini
The Morini (Gaulish: 'sea folk, sailors') were a Belgic coastal tribe dwelling in the modern Pas de Calais region, around present-day Boulogne-sur-Mer, during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
Mosan art
Mosan art is a regional style of art from the valley of the Meuse in present-day Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany.
Municipalities with language facilities
In Belgium, there are 27 municipalities with language facilities (faciliteitengemeenten; communes à facilités; Fazilitäten-Gemeinden), which must offer linguistic services to residents in Dutch, French, or German in addition to their single official languages.
See Flanders and Municipalities with language facilities
Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of successful campaigns across Europe during the Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815.
National Congress of Belgium
The National Congress (Congrès national, Nationaal Congres) was a temporary legislative assembly in Belgium, convened in 1830 in the aftermath of the Belgian Revolution.
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National Railway Company of Belgium
The National Railway Company of Belgium (Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen, NMBS; Société nationale des chemins de fer belges, SNCB; Nationale Gesellschaft der Belgischen Eisenbahnen) is the national railway company of Belgium.
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Nervii
The Nervii were one of the most powerful Belgic tribes of northern Gaul at the time of its conquest by Rome.
Netherlands
The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean. Flanders and Netherlands are countries and territories where Dutch is an official language.
New Flemish Alliance
The New Flemish Alliance (Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie,, N-VA) is a Flemish nationalist, conservative and Eurosceptic political party in Belgium.
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Nine Years' War
The Nine Years' War was a European great power conflict from 1688 to 1697 between France and the Grand Alliance.
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Nord (French department)
Nord (officially département du Nord; départémint dech Nord; Noorderdepartement) is a département in Hauts-de-France region, France bordering Belgium.
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Nordwestblock
The Nordwestblock (German, "Northwest Block") is a hypothetical Northwestern European cultural region that some scholars propose as a prehistoric culture in the present-day Netherlands, Belgium, far-northern France, and northwestern Germany, in an area approximately bounded by the Somme, Oise, Meuse and Elbe rivers, possibly extending to the eastern part of what is now England, during the Bronze and Iron Ages from the 3rd to the 1st millennia BCE, up to the onset of historical sources, in the 1st century BCE.
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North Brabant
North Brabant (Noord-Brabant; Brabantian), also unofficially called Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands.
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North Sea
The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France.
North Walsham
North Walsham is a market town and civil parish in Norfolk, England, within the North Norfolk district.
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Northern Italy
Northern Italy (Italia settentrionale, label, label) is a geographical and cultural region in the northern part of Italy.
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OECD
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD; Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques, OCDE) is an intergovernmental organisation with 38 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade.
Official language
An official language is a language having certain rights to be used in defined situations.
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OP12
OP12 (English: On 12) was the third channel of Belgium's VRT that featured evening broadcasts.
Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats
The Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats (Open Vld) is a Flemish liberal political party in Belgium.
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Ostend–Bruges International Airport
Ostend–Bruges International Airport, commonly known simply as Ostend Airport, is an international airport located south southwest of Ostend, Belgium, near the coast and about from central Bruges.
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Paul van Ostaijen
Paul van Ostaijen (22 February 1896 – 18 March 1928) was a Belgian Dutch-language poet and writer.
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Peace of Westphalia
The Peace of Westphalia (Westfälischer Friede) is the collective name for two peace treaties signed in October 1648 in the Westphalian cities of Osnabrück and Münster.
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People's Union (Belgium)
People's Union (Volksunie, VU) was a Flemish nationalist political party in Belgium, formed in 1954 as a successor to the Christian Flemish People's Union.
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Peter Paul Rubens
Sir Peter Paul Rubens (28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist and diplomat.
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Philip II of Spain
Philip II (21 May 152713 September 1598), also known as Philip the Prudent (Felipe el Prudente), was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from 1580, and King of Naples and Sicily from 1554 until his death in 1598.
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Philip the Bold
Philip II the Bold (17 January 1342 – 27 April 1404) was Duke of Burgundy and jure uxoris Count of Flanders, Artois and Burgundy.
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Philip the Good
Philip III the Good (Philippe le Bon.; Filips de Goede.; 31 July 1396 in Dijon – 15 June 1467 in Bruges) ruled as Duke of Burgundy from 1419 until his death in 1467.
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Pillarisation
Pillarisation (from the verzuiling) is the vertical separation of citizens into groups by religion and associated political beliefs.
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Play4 (TV channel)
Play4 is a Belgian-Flemish commercial television channel.
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Plombières
Plombières (Bleyberg or Bleiberg, Blieberg; So-on-Mont-d'-Plomb) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium.
Polder
A polder is a low-lying tract of land that forms an artificial hydrological entity, enclosed by embankments known as dikes.
Port of Antwerp
The Port of Antwerp is the port of the city of Antwerp, Belgium.
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Port of Ghent
The Port of Ghent is the third busiest seaport in Belgium, located in Ghent, East Flanders in the Flemish Region.
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Port of Ostend
The Port of Ostend (Dutch: Oostende) is situated in Ostend, West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium.
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Port of Rotterdam
The Port of Rotterdam is the largest seaport in Europe, and the world's largest seaport outside of East Asia, located in and near the city of Rotterdam, in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands.
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Port of Zeebrugge
The Port of Zeebrugge (also referred to as the Port of Bruges or Bruges Seaport) is a large container, bulk cargo, new vehicles and passenger ferry terminal port on the North Sea.
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Pragmatic Sanction of 1549
The Pragmatic Sanction of 1549 was an edict, promulgated by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, reorganising the Seventeen Provinces of the present-day Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg into one indivisible territory, while retaining existing customs, laws, and forms of government within the provinces.
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Preventive healthcare
Preventive healthcare, or prophylaxis, is the application of healthcare measures to prevent diseases.
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Prince-Bishopric of Liège
The Prince-Bishopric of Liège or Principality of Liège was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire that was situated for the most part in present-day Belgium.
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Province of Brabant
The Province of Brabant was a province in Belgium from 1830 to 1995.
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Provinces of Belgium
The Kingdom of Belgium is divided into three regions.
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Provisional Government of Belgium
The Provisional Government (Voorlopig Bewind; Gouvernement provisoire) was the first iteration of the Belgian state, formed in the midst of the Belgian Revolution.
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Pukkelpop
Pukkelpop is an annual music festival that takes place near the city of Hasselt, Belgium in mid- to late August.
Purchasing power parity
Purchasing power parity (PPP) is a measure of the price of specific goods in different countries and is used to compare the absolute purchasing power of the countries' currencies.
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Reformation
The Reformation, also known as the Protestant Reformation and the European Reformation, was a major theological movement in Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the papacy and the authority of the Catholic Church.
Reformed Christianity
Reformed Christianity, also called Calvinism, is a major branch of Protestantism that began during the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation, a schism in the Western Church.
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Rhine
--> The Rhine is one of the major European rivers.
Rocco Granata
Rocco Granata (born 16 August 1938) is an Italian-Belgian singer, songwriter, and accordionist.
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Rock Werchter
Rock Werchter is an annual music festival held in the village of Werchter, near Leuven, Belgium, since 1976 and is a large sized rock music festival.
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Roeselare
Roeselare (Roulers,; Roeseloare) is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders.
Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.
ROSSEM
Radical Reformists and Social Fighters for a Fairer Society (Radicale Omvormers en Sociale Strijders voor een Eerlijker Maatschappij, ROSSEM) was a Belgian libertarian political party founded in 1991 by the Flemish businessman and writer Jean-Pierre Van Rossem.
Royal question
The royal question (question royale, Koningskwestie) was a major political crisis in Belgium that lasted from 1945 to 1951, coming to a head between March and August 1950.
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RTBF
The i ("Belgian Radio-television of the French Community"), shortened to RTBF (branded as rtbf.be), is a public service broadcaster delivering radio and television services to the French-speaking Community of Belgium, in Wallonia and Brussels.
Saxe-Coburg
Saxe-Coburg (Sachsen-Coburg) was a duchy held by the Ernestine branch of the Wettin dynasty in today's Bavaria, Germany.
Scheldt
The Scheldt (Escaut; Schelde) is a river that flows through northern France, western Belgium, and the southwestern part of the Netherlands, with its mouth at the North Sea.
Second language
A second language (L2) is a language spoken in addition to one's first language (L1).
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Service (economics)
A service is an act or use for which a consumer, company, or government is willing to pay.
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Seventeen Provinces
The Seventeen Provinces were the Imperial states of the Habsburg Netherlands in the 16th century.
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Silva Carbonaria
Silva Carbonaria, the "charcoal forest", was the dense old-growth forest of beech and oak that formed a natural boundary during the Late Iron Age through Roman times into the Early Middle Ages across what is now western Wallonia.
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Sixth Belgian state reform
The sixth state reform in the federal kingdom of Belgium is the result after the 2010–2011 Belgian government formation, with 541 days of negotiations, the longest ever in Belgium and possibly the world.
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Sociaal-Liberale Partij
Sociaal-Liberale Partij (SLP; Dutch for Social Liberal Party) was a Belgian Flemish political party formed after dissolution of the moderate nationalist People's Union (Volksunie) party.
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Southern Netherlands
The Southern Netherlands, also called the Catholic Netherlands, were the parts of the Low Countries belonging to the Holy Roman Empire which were at first largely controlled by Habsburg Spain (Spanish Netherlands, 1556–1714) and later by the Austrian Habsburgs (Austrian Netherlands, 1714–1794) until occupied and annexed by Revolutionary France (1794–1815).
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Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands
The Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands (Souverein Vorstendom der Vereenigde Nederlanden) was a short-lived sovereign principality and the precursor of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, in which it was reunited with the Southern Netherlands in 1815.
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Spanish colonization of the Americas
The Spanish colonization of the Americas began in 1493 on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic) after the initial 1492 voyage of Genoese mariner Christopher Columbus under license from Queen Isabella I of Castile.
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Spanish Netherlands
The Spanish Netherlands (Países Bajos Españoles; Spaanse Nederlanden; Pays-Bas espagnols; Spanische Niederlande) (historically in Spanish: Flandes, the name "Flanders" was used as a pars pro toto) was the Habsburg Netherlands ruled by the Spanish branch of the Habsburgs from 1556 to 1714.
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Speaker of the Flemish Parliament
The speaker of the Flemish Parliament (Voorzitter van het Vlaams Parlement) is the presiding member of the Flemish Parliament, which is the legislature of Flanders (Belgium).
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Sport Vlaanderen
Sport Vlaanderen is the Flemish sports agency.
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Standard language
A standard language (or standard variety, standard dialect, standardized dialect or simply standard) is a language variety that has undergone substantial codification of its grammar, lexicon, writing system, or other features and stands out among other varieties in a community as the one with the highest status or prestige.
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State reform in Belgium
State reform, in the context of Belgium, is the ongoing process of seeking and finding constitutional and legal solutions to the problems and tensions in the different segments of the Belgian population, mostly between the Dutch-speakers of Flanders and the French-speakers of Wallonia.
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Stijn Coninx
Stijn, Baron Coninx (born 21 February 1957) is a Belgian film director.
Stijn Streuvels
Stijn Streuvels (3 October 1871, Heule, Kortrijk - 15 August 1969, Ingooigem, Anzegem), born Franciscus (Frank) Petrus Maria Lateur, was a Flemish Belgian writer.
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Strait of Dover
The Strait of Dover or Dover Strait (Pas de Calais - Strait of Calais) is the strait at the narrowest part of the English Channel, marking the boundary between the Channel and the North Sea, and separating Great Britain from continental Europe.
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Subsidy
A subsidy or government incentive is a type of government expenditure for individuals and households, as well as businesses with the aim of stabilizing the economy.
Technotronic
Technotronic was a Belgian electronic music project formed in 1987 by Jo Bogaert, best known for the 1989 single "Pump Up the Jam", which features vocals by Ya Kid K. The song peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.
Temperate climate
In geography, the temperate climates of Earth occur in the middle latitudes (approximately 23.5° to 66.5° N/S of Equator), which span between the tropics and the polar regions of Earth.
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Terminology of the Low Countries
The Low Countries comprise the coastal Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta region in Western Europe, whose definition usually includes the modern countries of Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands.
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Tertiary education
Tertiary education, also referred to as third-level, third-stage or post-secondary education, is the educational level following the completion of secondary education.
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Texandri
The Texandri (also Texuandri; later Toxandri, Toxiandri, Taxandri) were a Germanic people living between the Scheldt and Rhine rivers in the 1st century AD.
TGV
The TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse,, "high-speed train"; formerly TurboTrain à Grande Vitesse) is France's intercity high-speed rail service, operated mainly by SNCF.
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The Alzheimer Case
The Alzheimer Case (also known as The Alzheimer Affair or The Memory of a Killer; De zaak Alzheimer) is a 2003 Belgian action thriller film directed by Erik Van Looy, based on the novel De zaak Alzheimer by Jef Geeraerts.
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The Loft (film)
The Loft is a 2014 erotic thriller film directed by Erik Van Looy.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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Thirty Years' War
The Thirty Years' War, from 1618 to 1648, was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history.
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Thuis
Thuis (At Home) is a Belgian television soap opera, which airs on VRT 1, which is in the hands of VRT, the national broadcasting channel of the Dutch-speaking region of Belgium, Flanders.
Tia Hellebaut
Tia Hellebaut (born 16 February 1978 in Antwerp) is a retired Belgian track and field athlete, as well as a chemist, who started out in her sports career in the heptathlon, and afterwards specialized in the high jump event.
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Tom Lanoye
Tom Lanoye (his name is pronounced the French way: /lanwa/) was born on 27 August 1958 in the Belgian city Sint Niklaas.
Tomorrowland (festival)
Tomorrowland is a large-scale annual electronic dance music festival held in Boom, Antwerp, Belgium.
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Tour de France
The Tour de France is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race held primarily in France.
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Tour of Flanders
The Tour of Flanders (Ronde van Vlaanderen), also known as De Ronde ("The Tour"), is an annual road cycling race held in Belgium every spring.
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Treaties of Nijmegen
The Treaties of Peace of Nijmegen (Traités de Paix de Nimègue; Friede von Nimwegen; Vrede van Nijmegen) were a series of treaties signed in the Dutch city of Nijmegen between August 1678 and October 1679.
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Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668)
The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle or Aachen ended the War of Devolution between France and Spain.
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Treaty of London (1839)
The Treaty of London of 1839, was signed on 19 April 1839 between the major European powers, the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Kingdom of Belgium.
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Treaty of the Pyrenees
The Treaty of the Pyrenees was signed on 7 November 1659 and ended the Franco-Spanish War that had begun in 1635.
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Tungri
The Tungri (or Tongri, or Tungrians) were a tribe, or group of tribes, who lived in the Belgic part of Gaul, during the times of the Roman Empire.
Turnhout
Turnhout is a Belgian municipality and city located in the Flemish province of Antwerp.
UCLouvain
UCLouvain (Université catholique de Louvain. also known as the Catholic University of Louvain, the English translation of its French name, and the University of Louvain, its official English name) is Belgium's largest French-speaking university.
Ultratop
Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium.
Union of Arras
The Union of Arras (Dutch: Unie van Atrecht, French: Union d'Arras, Spanish: Unión de Arrás) was an alliance between the County of Artois, the County of Hainaut and the city of Douai in the Habsburg Netherlands in early 1579 during the Eighty Years' War.
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Union of Utrecht
The Union of Utrecht (Unie van Utrecht) was a treaty signed on 23 January 1579 in Utrecht, Netherlands, unifying the northern provinces of the Netherlands, until then under the control of Habsburg Spain.
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United Kingdom of the Netherlands
The United Kingdom of the Netherlands (Verenigd Koninkrijk der Nederlanden; Royaume uni des Pays-Bas) is the unofficial name given to the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Koninkrijk der Nederlanden; Royaume des Belgiques) as it existed between 1815 and 1830.
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University of Antwerp
The University of Antwerp (Universiteit Antwerpen) is a major Belgian university located in the city of Antwerp.
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University of Groningen
The University of Groningen (abbreviated as UG; Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, abbreviated as RUG) is a public research university of more than 30,000 students in the city of Groningen in the Netherlands.
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Vaya Con Dios (band)
Vaya Con Dios (Spanish for "Go with God!") is a Belgian music act that stood out for its mixing of styles, as well as the distinctive voice of its lead singer Dani Klein.
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Verhofstadt I Government
The Verhofstadt I Government was the federal government of Belgium from 12 July 1999 to 12 July 2003.
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Vlaams Belang
Vlaams Belang (VB) is a Flemish nationalist, Eurosceptic and right-wing populist political party in the Flemish Region and Brussels Capital Region of Belgium.
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Vlaams Blok
Vlaams Blok (Flemish Block, or VB) was the name of a Belgian far-right and secessionist political party with an anti-immigration platform.
Voeren
Voeren is a Flemish Dutch-speaking municipality with facilities for the French-speaking minority, located in the Belgian province of Limburg.
Vooruit (political party)
Vooruit (Dutch for Onward) is a Flemish social democratic political party in Belgium.
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VRT (broadcaster)
The VRT is the national public service broadcaster for the Flemish Community of Belgium.
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VRT Canvas
VRT Canvas is a Belgian television channel of the Flemish public broadcasting organisation Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie (VRT).
VTM (TV channel)
VTM or Vlaamse Televisie Maatschappij (English: Flemish Television Company) is the main commercial television station in Flanders (the Dutch-speaking northern region of Belgium) and forms part of a network of channels owned by DPG Media (formerly Medialaan).
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Vulgar Latin
Vulgar Latin, also known as Popular or Colloquial Latin, is the range of non-formal registers of Latin spoken from the Late Roman Republic onward.
Waldorf education
Waldorf education, also known as Steiner education, is based on the educational philosophy of Rudolf Steiner, the founder of anthroposophy.
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Wallonia
Wallonia (Wallonie), officially the Walloon Region (Région wallonne), is one of the three regions of Belgium—along with Flanders and Brussels. Flanders and Wallonia are Autonomous regions and regions of Belgium.
Walloon Brabant
Walloon Brabant (Brabant wallon; Waals-Brabant; Roman Payis) is a province located in Belgium's French-speaking region of Wallonia.
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Walloon Flanders
Walloon Flanders (Dutch: Waals Vlaanderen, French: Flandre wallonne) was a semi-independent part of the County of Flanders, composed of the burgraviates of Lille, Douai and Orchies.
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War of the Spanish Succession
The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict fought between 1701 and 1714.
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West Flanders
West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen; West Vloandern; (Province de) Flandre-Occidentale; Westflandern) is the westernmost province of the Flemish Region, in Belgium.
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West Francia
In medieval historiography, West Francia (Medieval Latin: Francia occidentalis) or the Kingdom of the West Franks constitutes the initial stage of the Kingdom of France and extends from the year 843, from the Treaty of Verdun, to 987, the beginning of the Capetian dynasty.
Western Front (World War I)
The Western Front was one of the main theatres of war during the First World War.
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Western Scheldt
The Western Scheldt (Westerschelde) in the province of Zeeland in the southwestern Netherlands, is the estuary of the Scheldt river.
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Westhoek (region)
Westhoek (Dutch for "west corner") or Maritime Flanders (Flandre maritime) is a region in Belgium and France and includes the following areas.
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Willem Elsschot
Alphonsus Josephus de Ridder (7 May 1882 – 31 May 1960) was a Belgian writer and poet who wrote under the pseudonym Willem Elsschot.
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William I of the Netherlands
William I (Willem Frederik; 24 August 1772 – 12 December 1843) was king of the Netherlands and grand duke of Luxembourg from 1815 until his abdication in 1840.
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Women's Tennis Association
The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) is the principal organizing body of women's professional tennis.
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Wool
Wool is the textile fiber obtained from sheep and other mammals, especially goats, rabbits, and camelids.
Workers' Party of Belgium
The Workers' Party of Belgium (Parti du travail de Belgique, PTB; Partij van de Arbeid van België, PVDA) is a Marxist and socialist political party in Belgium.
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World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
Worstead
Worstead is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk.
WTA Awards
This article lists the WTA Awards given by the Women's Tennis Association to players and coaches for achievements during a season or their careers.
Yiddish
Yiddish (ייִדיש, יידיש or אידיש, yidish or idish,,; ייִדיש-טײַטש, historically also Yidish-Taytsh) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews.
Ypres
Ypres (Ieper; Yper; Ypern) is a Belgian city and municipality in the province of West Flanders.
Yser
The Yser (IJzer) is a river that rises in French Flanders (the north of France), enters the Belgian province of West Flanders and flows through the Ganzepoot and into the North Sea at the town of Nieuwpoort.
Yser Towers
The Yser Towers (IJzertoren) are a monument complex near the Yser river at Diksmuide, West Flanders in Belgium.
Zeeland
Zeeland (Zeêland; historical English exonym Zealand) is the westernmost and least populous province of the Netherlands.
Zeelandic Flanders
Zeelandic Flanders (Zeêuws-Vlaonderen; Zêeuws-Vloandern) is the southernmost region of the province of Zeeland in the south-western Netherlands.
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130 departments of the First French Empire
This is a list of the 130 departments (départements), the conventional name for the administrative subdivisions of the First French Empire at the height of its territorial extent, circa 1811.
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1920 Summer Olympics
The 1920 Summer Olympics (Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; Spelen van de VIIe Olympiade; Spiele der VII.) and commonly known as Antwerp 1920 (Anvers 1920; Dutch and German: Antwerpen 1920), were an international multi-sport event held in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium.
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1973 oil crisis
In October 1973, the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) announced that it was implementing a total oil embargo against the countries who had supported Israel at any point during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, which began after Egypt and Syria launched a large-scale surprise attack in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to recover the territories that they had lost to Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War.
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1979 oil crisis
A drop in oil production in the wake of the Iranian Revolution led to an energy crisis in 1979.
See Flanders and 1979 oil crisis
2 Unlimited
2 Unlimited are a Belgian-Dutch dance music act, founded by Belgian producers/songwriters Jean-Paul De Coster and Phil Wilde in 1991 in Antwerp, Belgium. From 1991 to 1996, Dutch rapper Ray Slijngaard and Dutch vocalist Anita Doth fronted the act. During these five years, 2 Unlimited enjoyed worldwide mainstream success.
2007 Belgian federal election
Federal elections were held in Belgium on 10 June 2007.
See Flanders and 2007 Belgian federal election
2007–2011 Belgian political crisis
The 2007–2011 Belgian political crisis was a period of tense communal relations and political instability in Belgium, which was rooted in the differing opinions on state reform, and in the continued existence of the controversial electoral district of Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde (BHV).
See Flanders and 2007–2011 Belgian political crisis
2009 Belgian regional elections
Regional elections were held in Belgium on 7 June 2009 to choose representatives in the regional parliaments of Flanders, Wallonia, Brussels and the German-speaking Community of Belgium.
See Flanders and 2009 Belgian regional elections
2010 Belgian federal election
Federal elections were held in Belgium on 13 June 2010, during the midst of the 2007-11 Belgian political crisis.
See Flanders and 2010 Belgian federal election
2010–2011 Belgian government formation
Following the Belgian general election held on 13 June 2010, a process of cabinet formation started in Belgium.
See Flanders and 2010–2011 Belgian government formation
2012 Belgian local elections
The Belgian provincial, municipal and district elections of 2012 took place on 14 October.
See Flanders and 2012 Belgian local elections
See also
Countries and territories where Dutch is an official language
- Aruba
- Belgium
- Bonaire
- Curaçao
- Flanders
- List of countries and territories where Afrikaans or Dutch are official languages
- Netherlands
- Netherlands Antilles
- Saba (island)
- Sint Eustatius
- Sint Maarten
- Surinam (Dutch colony)
- Suriname
- Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Regions of Belgium
- Brussels
- Communities, regions, and language areas of Belgium
- Flanders
- Flemish Region
- Gewest
- ISO 3166-2:BE
- Wallonia
References
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