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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"

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...
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 .
Eocene epoch
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...pillars of Bryce Canyon National Park. Interpretation of Eocene rock strata is based on the succession of beds in Belgian, French, and English basins, which became type areas. The Norwegian-Greenland Sea began to open during the Eocene...
César Auguste Franck
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition César Auguste Franck , 1822-90, Belgian-French composer and organist. He studied at the conservatories of Liège and Paris, taking prizes in piano, composition...
Zande
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...Toward the end of the nineteenth century, the Zande came under three different colonial administrations — Belgian, French, and Anglo-Egyptian, the frontiers of which have been inherited by their respective successor states. The main...
Tutsi
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...million LANGUAGE: Kinyarwanda; Kirundi; French, English RELIGION: Christianity combined...Mulenge." Many Rwandese and Burundians speak French, the language of their former Belgian rulers. French is used in school. Also, many people in...
pillbox
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...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 were first used extensively by the Japanese in World War II...
FALL GELB
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II ...destroying a large proportion of the forces which would oppose the German offensive and of gaining access to parts of the Belgian and French coastline to speed the defeat of the UK. Postponements of the offensive—nearly 30 of them from November...
Mahdist State
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...control of the Nile river route through the south was tenuous: it only ruled Bahr al-Ghazal in 1885/86, and Belgian and French expeditions began to penetrate the south in the mid-1890s. The Khalifa controlled Darfur from 1887 to 1889...

Dictionary entries related to "Belgian French"

Rwanda
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...as part of German East Africa. Belgian forces took it in 1916, and administered...members were Tutsi, invaded. Belgian and French forces helped to repel them, while...Twa 1.0 Languages: Rwanda, French (both official); Swahili International...
Dechen, Heinrich von
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...x2019; s sharing in Deynhausen ’ s mining studies, and then to a trip together through German, Belgian, and French mining regions. On this expedition, Dechen, through the offices of Leopold von Buch, made the acquaintance...
Sedan, Battle of
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...A battle fought on the River Meuse, near the Belgian frontier, between French and Prussian forces during the FRANCO-PRUSSIAN...encircled the army of NAPOLEON III at Sedan. The French, under heavy shellfire, surrendered unconditionally...
Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...also 1 Luxembourg franc= 100 centimes (Belgian currency also legal tender) Religions...Portuguese 8.1%; Italian 5.4%; French 3.3%; German 2.3%; Belgian 2.3% Languages: French, German (both official); Letzeburgesch...
Rome Prize
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Rome Prize (French, Belgian, American). See Prix de Rome .
Moissan, Ferdinand-Frédéric-Henri
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...injurious to their health. George J. and Thomas Knox of Ireland were seriously affected; and for the Belgian chemist Paulin Louyet and the French chemist J é r ô me Nickl é s these investigations proved fatal. Fr ́...
SA
Book article from: A Dictionary of Business and Management SA 1. Abbreviation for société anonyme . It appears after the name of a French, Belgian, or Luxembourg company, being equivalent to the British abbreviation plc (i.e. denoting a public limited company). 2...
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...1997. * * * Chantal Akerman, a 25-year-old French-speaking Belgian from a Jewish family, made in Jeanne Dielman, which is perhaps the most prestigious Belgian film and an emblematic masterpiece of the feminist...
Jugendstil
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...1896–1914) which publicized the style. It tended to be more angular and less curvaceous than its French or Belgian counterparts, (so had a Classicalizing element) and was associated with the various Sezession movements, notably...
Gromaire, Marcel
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art ...Marcel (1892–1971). French painter, graphic artist, and...at Noyelles-sur-Sambre of a French father and Belgian mother. He had no formal training...responsible for the renaissance of French tapestry design in the 1930s...

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 ; ...Business News Nov. 27--Belgian and French authorities Monday arrested...men have been disclosed by Belgian authorities, but a French spokesman said one of the...passports in 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...to France's BNP Paribas. Belgian Premier Herman Van Rompuy said...viable with the ownership of the Belgian state, Van Rompuy said after talks with French Prime Minister Francois Fillon...
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...to France's BNP Paribas. Belgian Premier Herman Van Rompuy said...viable with the ownership of the Belgian state, Van Rompuy said after talks with French Prime Minister Francois Fillon...
An all-Belgian French final
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 6/7/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...07-2003 An all-Belgian French final -- Williams...alternative, the French Open presents the first all-Belgian final in a major...Hardenne is from a French-speaking southern...feel 100 percent Belgian," Henin-Hardenne...
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...the center of Brussels, the Belgian capital. Belgian Minister of Interior Patrick...Jaeger of Arras, wrote to the French Minister of Interior Nicolas...
Belgian, French cinemas to show NY Met operas live
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 8/18/2008; 604 words ; ...entire season live on movie screens, a Belgian cinema group said Monday. Belgium...saw Met operas live on the group's Belgian screens during the 2007-08 season. This time, all Belgian and French Kinepolis screens will show the entire...
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...
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 ; ...broadcast the five Belgian French-language channels...arrival of the new Belgian platform's channels...satellites for the French-language TV market...500 free-to-air French and international...of interest to all Belgian homes." About TeleSAT...
11 dead, dozens injured in bus crash near Belgian-French border
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 12/20/2003; 560 words ; ...off the highway at the Belgian-French border Saturday, scraped...Witnesses told the Belgian news agency Belga that...a small town on the French border off the E19 highway...experienced, he said. Belgian Prince Philip and Interior...
FRENCH AND BELGIAN SOCIALISTS SET UP JOINT TECHNICAL GROUP.
Newspaper article from: European Report; 12/19/1998; 334 words ; The French and Belgian-French-speaking delegations in the European Parliament's PES announced...practical arrangement based on our linguistic community", said his Belgian-French-speaking counterpart Claude Desama, whose delegation has three...