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bruges
/ˈbɹudʒɪz/
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What does bruges mean?
proper noun
- The capital city of West Flanders province, Belgium.
- A city and town in Gironde department, Aquitaine, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
- A settlement in Bruges-Capbis-Mifaget commune, Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈbɹudʒɪz/
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The civil wars of Flanders, and the Spanish government which succeeded them, chased away the great commerce of Antwerp, Ghent, and Bruges.
At the beginning of the sixteenth century the pearls of Cubagua were known at Seville, at Toledo, and at the great fairs of Augsburg and Bruges.
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Hardicanute was then at Bruges, in Flanders, plotting, with his mother (who had gone over there after the cruel murder of Prince Alfred), for the invasion of England.