ostend

/ˈɒstˌɛnd/

ostend means A coastal city and municipality in West Flanders, Belgium.

ostend is pronounced /ˈɒstˌɛnd/.

Etymology

From Dutch Oostende, from oost (“east”) + ende (“end”); in the middle ages the city was on the easter end of an island, Testerep, which is now attached to the main land. Doublet of East End.

name

A coastal city and municipality in West Flanders, Belgium.

verb

To exhibit or showe.g.“Mercy to mean offenders we'll ostend.” — 1602 (first performance), Thomas Dickers [i.e., Thomas Dekker], Iohn Webster [i.e., John Webster], The Famous History of Sir Thomas Wyat. […], London: […] E[dward] A[llde] for Thomas Archer, […], publ

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