Flemish is the territorial name for the Dutch language spoken in historic Flanders, a region mostly comprising the northern part of Belgium, but also including a southern part of the Netherlands and a small area of northern France. From LearnThat.org.
The Flemish population of Belgium. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
"It's not a term Flemish speakers would use to describe the French," said Hugo Coorevits of the Belgian sports paper Nieuwsblad. From Wordnik.com. [VeloNews] Reference
Detached translations also exist in Italian, Flemish, and Bohemian. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock] Reference
Perhaps someone has the instructions in Flemish for cropping in photoshop?. From Wordnik.com. [slim, sexy en druk] Reference
Flemish is the name for our variant of the language, as differ British English and American English. From Wordnik.com. [slim, sexy en druk] Reference
There were no artists of importance after the time of Rubens and his followers whom we call Flemish artists. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture] Reference
I want them to be fluent in Flemish and to pronounce Antwerpen with a hint of vh embedded in the w. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley] Reference
Maybe even more so for a brewer who labels his beer in Flemish. From Wordnik.com. [Balloon Juice » 2006 » May] Reference
Flemish painter, imitator of Raphael, known as the Flemish Raphael. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery] Reference
Martinus; in the Flemish, which is very old and nearly effaced, it is. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 14, February 2, 1850] Reference
In Flanders, they speak Flemish, which is the Belgian version of Dutch. From Wordnik.com. [Fill In The Blanks] Reference
Some of the peasants speak nothing but Flemish, which is one of the ancient Gallic languages. From Wordnik.com. ["The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders] Reference
The interpreters 'centre, to be known as the Flemish interpretation centre, will be officially opened on February 21. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Officially the Language is Nederlands (Dutch) but the people of Flanders speak their own dialect, called Flemish (or Vlaamse). From Wordnik.com. [PezCyclingNews.com] Reference
Half of Belgium speaks Flemish, which is very close to Dutch not sure whether I should call it a dialect or a separate language. From Wordnik.com. [Life as a female reporter - Feministing] Reference
It is plain, however, that the so-called Flemish discovery by van der Berg is only worthy of the name in a very secondary sense. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
Belgium has only one sign language, but they like to pretend that one of them is "Flemish" sign language and the other "Waloon". From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: LANGUAGE ENROLLMENTS UP.] Reference
(the day of all the children), as it is called in Flemish, which is observed in memory of the slaughter of the children by Herod. From Wordnik.com. [Peeps At Many Lands: Belgium] Reference
"Flemish," which refers to two specific dialects of Dutch. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy] Reference
Also, I want to use "Flemish" in a blog post just because I've never before. From Wordnik.com. [EW.com: Today's Latest Headlines] Reference
De Helaasheid Der Dingen, an impossibly bleak-looking movie that looks like a kind of Flemish Requiem for a Dream, but about beer. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
His family would have been either Flemish or Dutch. From Wordnik.com. [Keeping Swashbuckling Alive] Reference
An American guy was talking to a Flemish guy in English. From Wordnik.com. [A Soldier's Story] Reference
I looked through Web sites of old names from the Flemish Dutch. From Wordnik.com. [Keeping Swashbuckling Alive] Reference
Flemish poet thus rhapsodises over his countrywomen's handiworks. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
More than 1,000 years old, the city is part Flemish and part French. From Wordnik.com. [TRAVEL: PICTURE-PERFECT TRIPS] Reference
England had no style: she copied Flemish, Brussels, and Mechlin laces. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
A former U.S. Ambassador to Belgium raises the tone with a Flemish touch. From Wordnik.com. [Miami Nice] Reference
Calls for Flemish independence from the once dominant Walloons are ancient, of course. From Wordnik.com. [The Belgian Breakup] Reference
On view, too, will be a self-portrait by Flemish painter Michiel Sweerts, from the Allen. From Wordnik.com. [Loan gives Phillips Collection a chance to pair styles, periods and painters] Reference
He was a little, bald man, and represented one of the types familiar to Flemish painters. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
This is music from the Flemish master Orlande de Lassus, one of his "Masses for Five Voices.". From Wordnik.com. [Classical CDs For Budget Shoppers] Reference
If you're set on trying the regional fare, grab a cone of thick Flemish fries from any vendor. From Wordnik.com. [Holiday in Holland] Reference
Like Flemish separatists of the 1930s, the party is unabashedly anti-Semitic and authoritarian. From Wordnik.com. [Europe's New Right] Reference
Flemish lace, only the clumsiness of the design or the coarse workmanship differentiating them. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
And then this Flemish guy was translating for a girl who was French, and she would type up everything. From Wordnik.com. [A Soldier's Story] Reference
Marcel Hassink Amsterdam, NetherlandsDutch is still the local language in Antwerp, but it is a Flemish city in Belgium. From Wordnik.com. [MAIL CALL] Reference
BELGIAN HISTORY CELEBRATION, wear pajamas for an evening of Flemish stories, crafts and snacks at the museum. 6: 30 p.m. From Wordnik.com. [Prince George's County community calendar, Sept. 23-30, 2010] Reference
He has called on the government to recognize Arabic as Belgium's fourth official language (behind French, Flemish and German). From Wordnik.com. [Rage In The Streets] Reference
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