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    "De Vlaamse Leeuw" (Dutch: [də ˈvlaːmsə ˈleːu] ; The Flemish Lion) is the official anthem of Flanders, a region and community in Belgium. The words of...
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    Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium Count of Flanders De Vlaamse Leeuw Flanders Flemish Provinces of Belgium French: Région flamande; German:...
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    (1995-06-13). "Voorstel van decreet houdende instelling van de Orde van de Vlaamse Leeuw (Vlaamse Raad, stuk 36, buitengewone zitting 1995 – Nr. 1)" (PDF) (in Dutch)...
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  • De Leeuw van Vlaanderen or Leeuw van Vlaanderen may refer to: The Flag of Flanders De Vlaamse Leeuw, the Flemish regional anthem Robert III, Count of Flanders...
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    Flanders (redirect from Vlaamse)
    Flemish Region (Dutch: Vlaams Gewest) and the Flemish Community (Dutch: Vlaamse Gemeenschap). These entities were merged, although geographically the Flemish...
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    the legal permit to be built. List of towers Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie "Sint-Pieters-Leeuw". Norkring. Retrieved 9 March 2013. "VRT-toren...
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    [citation needed] "Vlaamse leeuw" (in Dutch). Archived from the original on November 11, 2018. Retrieved October 17, 2018. "NEVB - Vlaamse Leeuw" (in Dutch)...
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    The flag of Flanders, called the Vlaamse Leeuw ("Flemish Lion") or leeuwenvlag ("Lion flag"), is the flag of the Flemish Community and Flemish Region...
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  • De Vlaamse Leeuw, the official anthem of Flanders De Leeuw at the Dutch surname database [http://www.familienaam.be/ De www.familienaam.be De Leeuw name...
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    (1811–1864), poet and playwright, best known for writing the poem "De Vlaamse Leeuw" which came to be the Flemish anthem. Kaprijke is divided into two towns...
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    to be taught the lyrics at school. Belgium portal Music portal "De Vlaamse Leeuw" "Le Chant des Wallons" Place des Martyrs, Brussels "Vers l'avenir"...
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    gewesten". Belgium.be (in Dutch). 2012-09-25. Retrieved 2020-03-19. "Dossier: Vlaamse Symbolen". www.vlaamsparlement.be (in Flemish). Parlement Vlaams. Retrieved...
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    Among other things, it inspired the flag of Flanders and the anthem "De Vlaamse Leeuw" (1847) by Hippoliet Van Peene. Today an annual public holiday is held...
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    Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 45–47. "De Vlaemsche leeuw". lib.ugent.be. Retrieved 28 August 2020. Gove, Philip B. (ed.), 1981. Webster's...
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    Sejahtera  Malaysia  Flanders "De Vlaamse Leeuw" ("The Flemish Lion") 1973 Hippoliet Van Peene Karel Miry De Vlaamse Leeuw  Belgium  Flevoland "Waar wij steden...
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    singing the 6th stanza, after which the Flemish national anthem "De Vlaamse Leeuw" is sung. Since 2022 The "Wilhelmus" has been widely used at the end...
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  • Belgium, Wallonia uses "Le Chant des Wallons" and Flanders uses "De Vlaamse Leeuw". Most of the Brazilian states have official anthems. Minas Gerais uses...
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    Championships national titles, in 1980 and 1983. "In Memoriam Eddy De Leeuw". Vlaamse Atletiekliga vzw (in Dutch). 27 November 2015. Archived from the original...
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    The Guardian. Retrieved 17 June 2010. Bloom, Ono (20 March 2008). "De Vlaamse leeuw is dood: In memoriam Hugo Claus 1929 – 2008". De Verdieping. Retrieved...
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    Transvaal v Juliana Voorwaarts v Excelsior Olympia v UDI Tonido v Vlaamse Leeuw In June 1952 permission was given to John Zeegelaar, who was goalkeeper...
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    Brussels Periphery (Dutch: Brusselse Rand, i.e. the "Brussels Rim", or Vlaamse Rand, i.e. the "Flemish Rim", or just De Rand, "the Rim"; French: périphérie...
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    anthem, as well as setting July 6 as an annual holiday. The anthem, De Vlaamse Leeuw ("The Flemish Lion") had been written by Hippoliet Van Peene in 1847...
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    later in Ghent. In 1847 he wrote the lyrics of the Flemish anthem "De Vlaamse Leeuw" of which the music was composed by Karel Miry. He was the first modern...
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    Typically, only the first and third verses are performed. La Brabançonne De Vlaamse Leeuw L'hymne wallon. Parlement de Wallonie. Segers, Jean (2014-09-27). "Li...
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    librettos in Dutch and is known as the composer of the music for De Vlaamse Leeuw, the national anthem of Flanders, for which Hippoliet van Peene wrote...
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    physician and playwright, wrote the lyrics of the Flemish anthem "De Vlaamse Leeuw" 1817-1826: Annales Academiae Lovaniensis, 1821-1827 (1817–1826). 1821:...
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    The Day of the Flemish Community of Belgium (Dutch: Feestdag van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap) is an annual commemoration in the Flemish Community in Belgium...
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    Belgium. Since 1992 Brouwers has been included in the Orde van de Vlaamse Leeuw (Order of the Flemish Lion) and since 1993 knight in the Belgian crown...
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    incorrect portrayal by Conscience. Conscience's portrayal also inspired De Vlaamse Leeuw ("The Flemish Lion"), the long-time unofficial anthem of Flemish nationalists...
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    April 2007. Retrieved 8 May 2007. Vanhaverbeke, Wim. "Het belang van de Vlaamse Ruit vanuit economisch perspectief The importance of the Flemish Diamond...
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