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The terms Fleming and '''Flemings''' (''Vlaming'' and ''Vlamingen'' in Dutch ) denote respectively a person and people, and '''the Flemings''' or '''the Flemish''' (always ''de Vlamingen'') or '''the Flemish people''' (''het Vlaamse volk'') the population forming a community of more than six million people and the majority of all Belgians , of Flanders , the northern half of the country. ModernFootnote: Though the usage of 'Flanders' for the area roughly corresponding to the present-day Flemish Community became more and more common as the twentieth century proceeded, a similar broader usage occasionally occurred already much earlier, for instance, an English-language map dating from c. 1718 of the Low Countries distinguishes the larger printed "Flanders" encompassing at least (the county of) "Flanders proper", Brabant, Limburg (including their parts of present-day France, the Netherlands, and the Walloon Region ) and parts of the Prins-Bishopric of Liège: |
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