TOURNAI

Meaning of TOURNAI in English

Variant: or Tour · nay

Pronunciation: tu ̇ r- ' n ā

or Flemish Door · nik \ ' do ̇ r-nik \

Function: geographical name

commune SW Belgium on the Schelde pop 67,232

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

TOURNAI — or Tournay or Flemish Doornik geographical name commune SW Belgium on the Schelde population 67,732
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TOURNAI — /toor nay"/ ; Fr. /toohrdd ne"/ , n. a city in W Belgium, on the Scheldt River. 33,164. Also, Tournay …
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TOURNAI — or Tour·nay tu̇r-ˈnā ; or Flemish Door·nik ˈdȯr-nik commune SW Belgium on the Schelde population 67,732
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TOURNAI — (French), Flemish Doornik municipality, Hainaut province, southwestern Belgium. It lies along the Schelde (Scheldt, or Escaut) River, northwest of Mons. …
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TOURNAI — Турне
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TOURNAI PORCELAIN — porcelain made from about the mid-18th to the mid-19th century at a factory in Tournai, Belg. Several styles prevailed: figures …
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TOURNAY — geographical name see: Tournai
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DOORNIK — geographical name see: Tournai
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WEYDEN, ROGIER VAN DER — born 1399/1400, Tournai, France died June 18, 1464, Brussels Flemish painter. He seems to have begun his painting career at …
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WARBECK, PERKIN — born 1474?, Tournai, Flanders died Nov. 23, 1499, London, Eng. Flemish impostor, pretender to the throne of Henry VII . …
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CAMPIN, ROBERT — born с 1378, Tournai, Fr. died April 26, 1444, Tournai Flemish painter. He is identified with the Master of Flémalle …
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BOUVINES, BATTLE OF — (July 27, 1214) Decisive victory won by the French king Philip II over an international coalition that included Emperor Otto …
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DORNICK — I. noun also dor·neck ˈdȯrnik ; or dar·nick ˈdär- ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English dornewick, from Doornik (Tournai), city …
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DORNICK — dornick 1 /dawr"nik/ , n. a stout linen cloth, esp. one of a damask linen. Also, dorneck . [ 1400-50; …
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TOURNAY — see Tournai
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DOORNIK — — see Tournai
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TAPESTRY — woven decorative fabric, the design of which is built up in the course of weaving. Broadly, the name may be …
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WEYDEN, ROGIER VAN DER — ( (Flemish), ) born 1399/1400, Tournai, Fr. died June 18, 1464, Brussels French Rogier De La Pasture Flemish painter who, …
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SAINT-AMAND-LES-EAUX WARE — tin-glazed earthenware and porcelain made in the French town of that name in the 18th and 19th centuries. The factory …
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HUCBALD — born c. 840, Tournai?, Fr. died 930, Saint-Amand, near Tournai medieval French musical theorist, scholar, and humanist. Hucbald was a …
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HENRY OF GHENT, — born c. 1217, , Ghent, Flanders [now in Belgium] died June 29, 1293, Tournai French Henri de Gand, byname Doctor …
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HAINAUT — Flemish Henegouwen province, southwestern Belgium. Hainaut extends northeastward from the French border. It has an area of 1,462 square miles …
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GOMBERT, NICOLAS — born c. 1490, southern Flanders [now in Belgium] died c. 1556, Tournai, Flanders one of the leading Flemish composers of …
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GILLES LI MUISIS, — also called Le Muiset born January 1272, Tournai, France died Oct. 15, 1352, Tournai French poet and chronicler whose works …
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FONTENOY, BATTLE OF — (May 11, 1745), confrontation that led to the French conquest of Flanders during the War of the Austrian Succession. It …
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EYCK, JAN VAN — born before 1395, , Maaseik, Bishopric of Lige, Holy Roman Empire [now in Belgium] died , before July 9, 1441, …
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DARET, JACQUES — born c. 1404, , Tournai, Fr. died c. 1470 also called James Daret early French Renaissance painter of Tournai whose …
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CLOVIS I — born c. 466 died November 27, 511, Paris, France king of the Franks and ruler of much of Gaul from …
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CHLODIO — died c. 447 also spelled Clodion, French Chlodion king of a tribe of Salian Franks, considered the founder of the …
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CHILDERIC I — died 481/482 king of the Salian Franks, one of the first of the Merovingians and the father of Clovis I. …
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CAMPIN, ROBERT — born c. 1378, Tournai, Fr. died April 26, 1444, Tournai The Annunciation, oil on wood panel by Robert Campin; in …
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CAMPIN, ROBERT — born 0441; 1378, Tournai, Fr. died April 26, 1444, Tournai Flemish painter. He is identified with the Master of Flémalle …
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