Proper noun

1. A subnational state in the north of federal Belgium, the institutional merger of a territorial region and the Dutch language 'community' which also has/shares some authority in the capital region Brussels.
2. The historical Countship of Flanders, of varying extent.
   • 1613 — Shakespeare, Hen VIII iii 2

     When you went / Ambassador to the Emperor, you made bold / To carry into Flanders the great seal.

3. Two provinces in Belgian Flanders: (West-Flanders and East-Flanders).
4. Short for French Flanders, a former province of the French kingdom on territory taken from the above countship, now constituting the French department Nord.
5. The principal railway station in Lille, capital of the above.

Related terms

• East-Flanders
• Flemish
• French Flanders
• Imperial Flanders
• West-Flanders