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US
/ˈbɹudʒɪz, ˈbɹuʒ/
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NOUN
- a city in northwestern Belgium that is connected by canal to the North Sea; in the 13th century it was a leading member of the Hanseatic League; the old city (known as the City of Bridges) is a popular tourist attraction
How To Use Bruges In A Sentence
- Both Bruges and Brussels boast museums where you can learn more about the history and production of chocolate.
- England -- are mostly extremely handsome, and generally contrive, however big, to retain, at any rate in their heart, as at Antwerp, or in the Grande Place at Brussels, a striking air of antiquity; whilst some fairly big towns, such as Malines and Bruges, are mediaeval from end to end. Beautiful Europe: Belgium
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- It finally reads and sounds good enough to stop pondering the alteration of either. btw, in my recording I pronounce Wissant "WESson" and Bruges "BREW jiz," as I believe once, across the Channel, their names were spoken. Enciclopedia dantesca, gen. ed. Umberto Bosco, 6 vols (Treccani, 1970-1976)
- No emulation of aristocratic practices is more obvious than the commissioning of portraits by the urban patriciate in Bruges.
- There the King learned that a formidable French fleet lay at anchor in the mouth of the Zwyn, guarding the approaches to Bruges.
- Bruges led at Hannover through Maxime Lestienne's header but two goals in the last 17 minutes from the substitute Artur Sobiech and Jan Schlaudraff, who slotted home from the spot after Sobiech was fouled, gave the German side victory. Europa League round-up: Metalist hand Salzburg an Arsenal-sized defeat
- During his adult career he held positions, often short-lived and variously as choirmaster or succentor, at churches or cathedrals in Bergen op Zoom, Cambrai, Bruges, and Antwerp. Archive 2009-05-01
- The Town Hall is worth a visit and one of the earliest examples of the typical building style of Bruges, which has become so famous.
- The earliest stock exchanges emerge in Bruges and Italy in the thirteenth century.