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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of western Belgium west-northwest of Brussels. Founded in the seventh century, it was a medieval wool-producing center and remained virtually independent until its capture by the Habsburgs in 1584.
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- proper noun Capital city of the
province ofEast Flanders ,Belgium .
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- noun port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center; famous for cloth industry
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Jean François Heymans was born in Ghent, Belgium, on
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