Ypres

Ypres
Y|pres
a town in southern Belgium where three great battles took place in World War I. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers died in these battles, but neither side gained much advantage. British soldiers called it Wipers.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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  • Ypres — (en néerl. Ieper) v. de Belgique (Flandre Occid.); 34 430 hab. Industr. alimentaires et textiles. Halle aux draps des XIIIe XIVe s. (Ypres était alors l un des grands centres drapiers d Europe); collégiale St Martin (XIIe XVe s.). Tenue par les… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Ypres — steht für: den französischen Namen der belgischen Stadt Ypern eine Bezeichnung für ein Zeitintervall der Erdgeschichte, siehe Ypresium ein Titularbistum der Römisch katholischen Kirche Diese Seite ist eine …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Ypres — Ypres, Stadt, so v.w. Ypern …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Ypres — Ypres, batallas de …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Ypres — [ē′pr ] town in NW Belgium, near the French border: center of heavy fighting in WWI: pop. 35,000 …   English World dictionary

  • Ypres — Infobox Belgium Municipality name=Ypres Ieper nl picture= picture map West Flanders arms=Wapenschild ieper.jpg region=BE REG FLE community=BE NL province=BE PROV WV arrondissement=Ypres nis=33011 pyramid date=January 1, 2006 0 19=22.52 20… …   Wikipedia

  • Ypres — Fr. /ee prddeu/; Brit. or facetious /wuy peuhrz/, n. a town in W Belgium: battles 1914 18. 34,758. Flemish, Ieper. * * * ▪ Belgium (French), Flemish  Ieper   municipality, West Flanders province (province), western Be …   Universalium

  • 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 • Syn: ↑battle of Ypres,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Ypres — /ˈiprə/ (say eepruh) noun 1. a town in Belgium, in western Flanders. 2. Battle of, one of the five major battles between Allied and German forces that took place near this town during World War I: in October–November 1914, April–May 1915,… …  

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