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  • A city of central Belgium east of Brussels. First mentioned in the 9th century, it was a center of the wool trade in the Middle Ages but declined in the late 14th century because of civil strife. Its famed university dates from the 15th century.

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  • proper noun Capital city of the province of Flemish Brabant in Belgium

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Examples

  • I retained my position in Louvain and have since shared my time more or less equally between the two universities.

    Christian de Duve - Autobiography 1975

  • Germans get through Liège and close enough to threaten Louvain, which is only a few miles out of Brussels.

    A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium Hugh Gibson 1918

  • Louvain, which is an artistic achievement of the highest excellence.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

  • Then a cheap supper, a long walk along the quais or ramparts or outside -- a game of dominoes, and a glass or two of "Malines" or "Louvain" -- then bed, without invading hordes; the Flemish are as clean as the Dutch; and there he would soon smoke and read himself to sleep in spite of chimes -- which lull you, when once you get "achimatized," as he called it, meaning of course to be funny: a villainous kind of fun -- caught, I fear, in Barge Yard,

    The Martian George Du Maurier 1865

  • "The password is 'Louvain'," said Helen, retiring, not at all sorry to seek the comfort of her bed.

    For the Sake of the School Angela Brazil 1907

  • In the belfry of St. Peter's at Louvain, which is now in ruins and level with the street, was a great bell of splendid tone, bearing the following inscription: "Claes Noorden Johan Albert de Grave me fecerunt

    Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders George Wharton Edwards 1904

  • After a series of successful meetings starting in 1997 in Louvain, WIAMIS 2010 will be held in Desenzano del

    Multimedia Communication: WIAMIS-2010: Deadline Extension admin 2009

  • Researchers at the Catholic University of Louvain got an unprecedented up-close look at a different breed of the sharks, which are known by either their scientific name -- Etmopterus spinax, their common name -- the velvet belly lantern shark, or their street name -- "the phantom hunter of the fjords," according to Discovery News.

    Lantern Sharks Can Become Invisible, Glow-In-The-Dark 2011

  • In the same place there is also a fascinating discussion of learners and phrasal verbs drawing on the University of Louvain data base of learner English by Sylvie De Cock.

    P is for Phrasal Verb « An A-Z of ELT 2010

  • After a series of successful meetings starting in 1997 in Louvain, WIAMIS 2010 will be held in Desenzano del

    Archive 2009-12-01 admin 2009

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