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Ypres
n.
town in southwestern Belgium, site of three major World War I battles
Ypres
Ypres (; ; , ) is a
Belgian municipality located in the
Flemish province of
West Flanders. Though
Ieper is the Dutch and only official name, the city's French name,
Ypres, is most commonly used in English due to its role in
World War I when
only French was in official use in Belgian documents, including on maps. The municipality comprises the city of Ypres and the villages of
Boezinge, Brielen, Dikkebus,
Elverdinge,
Hollebeke, Sint-Jan, Vlamertinge, Voormezele,
Zillebeke, and Zuidschote. Together, they are home to some 34,900 inhabitants.
Ypres
Noun
1. battle in World War I (1917); an Allied offensive which eventually failed because tanks bogged down in the waterlogged soil of Flanders; Germans introduced mustard gas which interfered with the Allied artillery
(synonym) battle of Ypres, third battle of Ypres
(hypernym) pitched battle
(part-holonym) World War I, World War 1, Great War, First World War, War to End War
(classification) Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium, Belgique
2. battle in World War I (1915); Germans wanted to try chlorine (a toxic yellow gas) as a weapon and succeeded in taking considerable territory from the Allied salient
(synonym) battle of Ypres, second battle of Ypres
(hypernym) pitched battle
(part-holonym) World War I, World War 1, Great War, First World War, War to End War
(classification) Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium, Belgique
3. battle in World War I (1914); heavy but indecisive fighting as the Allies and the Germans both tried to break through the lines of the others
(synonym) battle of Ypres, first battle of Ypres
(hypernym) pitched battle
(part-holonym) World War I, World War 1, Great War, First World War, War to End War
(classification) Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium, Belgique
Ypres
n.
Ypres, town in southwestern Belgium, site of three major World War I battles
Ypres
s.
Ypres, by sørvest i Belgia, åsted for tre store kamper under første verdenskrig
