ˈflemiŋ, -mēŋ noun
( -s )
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle Dutch Vlaminc, Vleminc, from Vlam- (akin to Middle Dutch Vlander Flanders) + -inc -ing; akin to Old High German -ing one belonging to — more at -ing
: a member of the Germanic people inhabiting northern Belgium (as Flanders, Antwerp, Brabant, and Limburg) and the Nord department of France — compare walloon