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Ostend

[ os-tend, os-tend ]

/ ɒsˈtɛnd, ˈɒs tɛnd /

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noun

a seaport in NW Belgium.

Flemish Oo·sten·de [oh-sten-duh] /oʊˈstɛn də/. French Os·tende

[aws-tahnd] /ɔsˈtɑ̃d/.

Example sentences from the Web for ostend

Kresovski has just been at my studio, and he returned yesterday from Ostend.

Children of the Soil |Henryk Sienkiewicz
“Perhaps England has sent a regiment of Territorials across by the Ostend boat,” chimed in another.

The Day of Wrath |Louis Tracy
We are to sail for Ostend by the regular packet, two of which go every week from Dover.

Barrington |Charles James Lever
At Ostend the commission of inquiry whittled itself down to the one energetic person who had taken it out.

A Journal of Impressions in Belgium |May Sinclair

All Ostend was in darkness when we arrived—a German airship having been seen overhead.

My War Experiences in Two Continents |Sarah Macnaughtan

British Dictionary definitions for ostend

Ostend

/ (ɒsˈtɛnd) /

noun

a port and resort in NW Belgium, in West Flanders on the North Sea. Pop: 68 273 (2004 est) French name: Ostende (ɔstɑ̃d) Flemish name: Oostende