Definitions for ostend
ɒsˈtɛnd, ˈɒs tɛnd; ɔsˈtɑ̃dos·tend

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1. Ostendnoun

   The largest coastal city of Belgium.

2. Etymology: From Oostende, from oost + ende; in the middle ages the city was on the easter end of an island, Testerep, which is now attached to the main land.

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1. Ostend

   Ostend (Dutch: Oostende, pronounced [ˌoːstˈɛndə] (listen); French: Ostende [ɔstɑ̃d]; German: Ostende [ɔstˈʔɛndə]; West Flemish: Ostende) is a coastal city and municipality, located in the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It comprises the boroughs of Mariakerke, Raversijde, Stene and Zandvoorde, and the city of Ostend proper – the largest on the Belgian coast.

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1. Ostend

   Ostend is a Belgian city and municipality located in the Flemish province of West Flanders. It comprises the boroughs of Mariakerke, Stene and Zandvoorde, and the city of Ostend proper – the largest on the Belgian coast.

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1. Ostend

   a favourite watering-place on the SW. coast of Belgium, 65 m. due W. of Antwerp; attracts 20,000 visitors every summer; it is an important seaport, having daily mail communication with Dover, and it manufactures linen and sail-cloth; fishing is the chief industry; it is famed for oysters, which are brought over from England and fattened for export.

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1. ostend

   A fortified seaport town of Belgium, province of West Flanders, situated on the coast of the North Sea, 67 miles northwest from Brussels. During the war of the Dutch against Spain, Ostend sustained a memorable siege for more than three years (1601-4). So tremendous was the bombardment that the noise of the Spanish artillery is said to have been occasionally heard at London. At last, after a loss of 50,000 men on the part of the garrison, and 80,000 on that of the Spaniards, the town surrendered on honorable terms, and the Spanish general Spinola was put in possession of Ostend, now reduced to heaps of ruin. On the death of Charles II. of Spain, the French seized Ostend; but in 1706, after the battle of Ramilies, it was retaken by the allies. It was again taken by the French in 1745, but restored in 1748. In 1756 the French garrisoned this town for the empress queen Maria Theresa. In 1792 the French once more took Ostend, which they evacuated in 1793, but regained in 1794. The English destroyed the works of the Bruges Canal; but the wind shifting before they could re-embark, they surrendered to the French, May 19, 1798.

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1. Ostend

   Literally the east end of Flanders in Belgium.

Anagrams for ostend »

1. stoned

2. doesn't

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ostend in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ostend in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ostend
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostend
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=ostend
4. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Ostend
5. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
6. ^ Etymology and Origins
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=ostend