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French language
French language member of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Romance languages ). It is spoken as a first language by more than 70 million people, chiefly in France (55 million speakers), Belgium (3 million), Switzerland (1.5 million), former ... Read more
Maginot Line
Maginot Line , system of fortifications along the eastern frontier of France, extending from the Swiss border to the Belgian. It was named for André Maginot, who was French minister of war (1929-32) and who directed its construction. Although considered impregnable, the line was still not com... Read more
François Joseph Gossec
François Joseph Gossec , 1734-1829, Belgian composer; pupil of Rameau. In 1784 he organized the École Royale de Chant and taught (1795-1816) composition at its successor school, the Paris Conservatory. Enthusiastic about the French Revolution, he wrote many works to celebrate patriotic... Read more
pillbox
pillbox small, low fortification that houses machine guns and antitank weapons. Similar to a blockhouse, it is usually made of concrete, steel, logs, or filled sandbags. Pillboxes came into use during the early 20th cent. in the Belgian and French fortresses that were built before World War I. They... Read more
Marguerite
Marguerite For French women thus named, use Margaret. ... Read more
Walter Hagen
Walter Hagen , 1892-1969, American golfer, b. Rochester, N.Y. Hagen won the U.S. Open championship in 1914 and again in 1919; he took the British Open title in 1922, 1924, 1928, and 1929. "The Haig," as he was known to his admirers, also won the U.S. Professional Golfers Association championship... Read more
French Union
French Union 1946-58, political entity established by the French constitution of 1946. It comprised metropolitan France (the 90 departments of continental France and Corsica); French overseas departments, territories, settlements, and United Nations trusteeships; French colonies, which became overs... Read more
Jules Laforgue
Jules Laforgue , 1860-87, French symbolist poet. He was one of the first French poets to write in free verse. The revolutionary form of Les Complaintes (1885) and Derniers Vers (1890) influenced later French poets as well as such foreign poets as T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound. ... Read more
Neerwinden
Neerwinden , village, Liège prov., E Belgium. In the War of the Grand Alliance the French under Marshal Luxembourg defeated (1693) William III of England there. In the French Revolutionary Wars, a French defeat (1793) at Neerwinden resulted in the defection of General Dumouriez to the Aus... Read more
Papeete
Papeete , town (2007 pop. 26,017), capital of Tahiti and of French Polynesia , South Pacific. A port on the NW coast of Tahiti, Papeete ships copra, vanilla, and mother-of-pearl. The town has an important French nuclear laboratory and an international airport. The University of French Polynesia i... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Belgian French"

Belgians
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures Belgians PRONUNCIATION: BELL...Dutch; Flemish; French; German RELIGION...The history of the Belgian people has made them...including the Romans, French, Burgundians, Spanish...The Flemish and the French-speaking Walloons...was Roman Catholic. Belgian Catholics are usually...official ...
Belgian Americans
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America ...France, is occupied by the French-speaking Walloons. About...Latin of Rome developed into French in the south. These language...the ship. Certainly the Belgians participated in the early...Walloon, or at least of Belgian heritage. And it is known...Bayer, in his book The Belgians, First ...
Belgian literature
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Belgian literature For literature in Flemish (Dutch), see Dutch and Flemish literature . The writings of French-speaking Belgians, of whom the chief are Maeterlinck and Verhaeren , belong to French literature . See also Walloons .
French Fries
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture FRENCH FRIES FRENCH FRIES. In the...expert says that the best french fries are made in the Netherlands...on top. Others think the Belgians have the best fries, and...shops in New York City selling Belgian-style fries. The Belgians are known to eat pommes frites...
French language
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition French language member of the Romance group of...Switzerland (1.5 million), former French and Belgian colonies in Africa (5 million), and Canada (6.5 million). French probably ranks next after English as a...
French Influence in Russia
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...military pact. At the same time, French investment capital helped finance...Between 1890 and 1914, numerous French industrial and banking houses established themselves in Russia. French and Belgian capital supplied the larger part...
French Flanders
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition French Flanders region of N France, on the North Sea and along the Belgian border. It is coextensive with Nord dept. The area...in 1678 by Louis XIV and was a province until the French Revolution. Lille was the provincial capital, Douai...
Belgium
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II ...and West Flanders) and the French-speaking Walloon area in...Brussels, and the largely French-speaking bourgeoisie of...along both the German and French frontiers but there could...improvised session of the Belgian parliament at Limoges on 31...advances. He, like almost all Belgians at this ...
Leopold III
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...1983) became king of the Belgians in 1934. His refusal to join...the gold standard for the Belgian franc and simultaneously to...military planning with the French high command. Leopold assumed personal command of the Belgian armed forces in September...Leopold and the bulk of the Belgian ...
Albert I
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...1934) was king of the Belgians from 1909 to 1934...Albert the heir to the Belgian crown. In 1900 he married...successful retreat onto French soil where he established...the first time, the Belgian Labor party. In 1918...which recovered the Belgian coast. With the end...Albert, King of the ...

Dictionary entries related to "Belgian French"

Belgium
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...by France in 1795 during the French Revolutionary wars. Following...treaty was drawn up guaranteeing Belgian neutrality in 1839. In the...speaking northerners with the French-speaking Walloons of the...8%; Moroccan 1.1%; French 1.1%; Dutch, Turkish...
Feyder, Jacques
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...FEYDER, Jacques Nationality: Belgian. Born: Jacques Fré...Belgium, 21 July 1885, became French citizen, 1928. Education...sc) 1930 Le Spectre vert (French version of Lionel Barrymore...Empereur savait ça (French version of His Glorious Night...
Mannoni-Van der Spoel, Maud (Magdalena) (1923-1998)
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...MAGDALENA) (1923-1998) French psychoanalyst Maud (Magdalena...October 22, 1923), in the Belgian city of Courtrai and died in...With her mother, who was Belgian, and her father, a Dutch...during the 1953 split in the French psychoanalytic movement. Mannoni...
decolonization
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...Africa ) 1894 1960 France Chad ( French Equatorial Africa ) 1910 1960 France Congo ( French Equatorial Africa ) 1888 1960...Democratic Republic of (Belgian Congo) 1885 1960 Belgium Côte d'Ivoire ( French West Africa ) 1893 1960 France...
Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...and to SPAIN in 1555. The French occupied it from 1684 until...Netherlands but joined the Belgians in the revolt of 1830; in...Luxembourg franc= 100 centimes (Belgian currency also legal tender...1%; Italian 5.4%; French 3.3%; German 2.3%; Belgian 2.3% Languages: French, German (both ...
Symbolism
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...and foremost a movement in French literature centered in Paris...its central participants were French (St é phane Mallarm...elsewhere were also central to French symbolism: Maurice Maeterlinck...and Albrecht Rodenbach were Belgian, Jean Mor é as was...
Congo, Democratic Republic of (Zaïre)
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...when this became known, the Belgian state annexed the territory...of the King to create the Belgian Congo. Harsh rule by the...To the surprise of many Belgians, these gained unstoppable...the states of neighbouring French Equatorial Africa , particularly...international pressures, the ...
France
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...ditions Payot published a French translation of Freud's essay...out to be a success. And the Belgian journal Le disque vert published...xE7; aise (Conference of French-Speaking Psychoanalysts...xE7; aise (Congress of French-Speaking Psychoanalysts...
London, treaty of
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...The settlement of the Belgian question was the first...1815 to form a barrier to French expansion, but had rebelled...February 1831 recognized Belgian independence and, when the Dutch refused to submit, French troops marched in. When...
Meuse-Argonne Offensive
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Wood sealed a German break through the French lines. In these operations, the French practice of ordering open attack rather...division in every three to serve under the French, the British, or the Belgians.) By early August, Pershing had formed...

Thesaurus entries related to "Belgian French"

dog
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...cattle dog Australian shepherd bearded collie Belgian Malinois Belgian sheepdog Belgian Tervuren border collie border terrier Bouvier...terrier bulldog chow chow Dalmatian Finnish spitz French bulldog keeshond Lhasa apso Löwchen...

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Belgian, French Authorities Arrest 14 Suspects Linked to Assassination.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 11/27/2001; 674 words ; ...Tribune Business News Nov. 27--Belgian and French authorities Monday arrested a network...by Belgian authorities, but a French spokesman said one of the men arrested...their possession. Belgian and French authorities have been investigating...
Belgian, French premiers say Fortis remains viable
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 2/12/2009; ; 700+ words ; Belgian and French leaders said Thursday that bailed-out...state, Van Rompuy said after talks with French Prime Minister Francois Fillon, adding...government had to sell Fortis' bank arm to the French bank. BNP Paribas offered only a cool...
An all-Belgian French final
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 6/7/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...presents the first all-Belgian final in a major tournament...undefeated in 2003. The French finalists have been...of yourself." The Belgians have played 12 matches...Hardenne is from a French-speaking southern...I feel 100 percent Belgian," Henin-Hardenne...6, 6-4, 6-3. French Open, ...
Belgian, French PMs say Fortis remains viable
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 2/12/2009; ; 700+ words ; Belgian and French leaders said Thursday that bailed-out...troubled lender to France's BNP Paribas. Belgian Premier Herman Van Rompuy said the government...state, Van Rompuy said after talks with French Prime Minister Francois Fillon, adding...
Belgian, French bishops advocate for illegal residents.(WORLD)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 2/17/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...political concerns in Europe, French and Belgian governmental authorities have issued...Jaeger of Arras, wrote to the French Minister of Interior Nicolas Sarkozy...November as part of a joint British-French initiative to clampdown on illegal...
MERGER OF BELGIAN, FRENCH PETROLEUM FIRMS ANNOUNCED
Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire; 12/1/1998; 367 words ; ...petroleum company Petrofina and its French counterpart Total was announced...the vice-president of the new French-Belgian merger Total/Fina while former...deal lifted up the value of the Belgian petroleum company on the stock...
Belgian, French cinemas to show NY Met operas live
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 8/18/2008; 597 words ; ...season live on movie screens, a Belgian cinema group said Monday...operas live on the group's Belgian screens during the 2007-08...This time, all Belgian and French Kinepolis screens will show...with subtitles in English or French. The first opera _ on Oct...
AIRFIELD MEDIA GROUP Selects Eutelsat's Hot Bird(TM) Neighbourhood to Broadcast Belgian French-Language Channels in its Telesat Platform.
PR Newswire; 11/20/2008; 700+ words ; ...will be used to broadcast the five Belgian French-language channels in the new TeleSAT...multiple interactive services. The French-language market in Belgium is...HOT BIRD(TM) satellites for the French-language TV market. It consolidates...
11 dead, dozens injured in bus crash near Belgian-French border
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 12/20/2003; 553 words ; ...swerved off the highway at the Belgian-French border Saturday, scraped a concrete...an autopsy. Witnesses told the Belgian news agency Belga that the second...around Hensies, a small town on the French border off the E19 highway. The...
Twelve dead, dozens injured in bus crash near Belgian-French border
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 12/20/2003; 526 words ; ...swerved off the highway at the Belgian-French border early Saturday, scraped...said Hensies Mayor Eric Thiebaut. Belgian police notified the Russian Embassy...around Hensies, a small town on the French border off the E19 highway. The...