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Definition of Bruges

1. Noun. A city in northwestern Belgium that is connected by canal to the North Sea; in the 13th century it was a leading member of the Hanseatic League; the old city (known as the City of Bridges) is a popular tourist attraction.

Definition of Bruges

1. Proper noun. Capital city of the province of West Flanders, Belgium. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bruges

Literary usage of Bruges

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The severities of the Emperor Charles V (1519-56) and the harsher rule of Philip II (15.56-98) and the Duke of Alva led to the capture of bruges by the ..."

2. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, George Walter Prothero (1903)
"L'Exposition des Primitifs flamands a bruges, By Henri Hymans. Paris: Direction de la Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1902. THE exhibition of Early Flemish or, ..."

3. English Pageantry: An Historical Outline by Robert Withington (1918)
"Before we return thither, let us note the entry of Charles V into bruges in 1515. 1515 — AN HISTORICAL PAGEANT AT bruges The contemporary account of the ..."

4. Belgium and Holland, Including the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg: Handbook for by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1905)
"The line crosses the canal diverging from the bruges Canal to the SW, and leading via ... The train skirts the NW side of bruges, passes the Ostend Gate (p. ..."

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