Flanders

Meanings

1. A cultural region in the north of Belgium.
2. A historical county of Western Europe; in full, County of Flanders.
3. A region of Belgium. Official name: Flemish Region.
4. A community of Belgium. Official name: Flemish Community.
5. Two provinces in Belgian Flanders, West Flanders and East Flanders.
6. Ellipsis of French Flanders: a former province of France.
7. Ellipsis of French Flanders: a region of France.
8. Ellipsis of Zeelandic Flanders: a region of Zeeland, the Netherlands.
9. The principal railway station in Lille, capital of the above.
10. A place in the United States:
11. A village in the town of East Lyme, New London County, Connecticut.
12. A historic district in the town of Kent, Litchfield County, Connecticut.

Etymology

From Middle English Flaunders, Flaundress, flawndirs, from Old French Flandres, from Middle Dutch Vlâendren pl, from Vlander, from Old Frisian, from Proto-Germanic *flaumdrą (“waterlogged land”), from *flaumaz (“flowing, current (water)”) (compare Old High German weraltfloum (“transitoriness of life”), Old Norse flaumr (“eddy”)), from Proto-Indo-European *plow-m- (“flow”) (compare Ancient Greek πλῠ́μα (plŭ́ma, “dishwater, washing water”)). More at flow. "Waterlogged" refers to the mudflats and salt marshes common to coastal Flanders.