n.
- A native or inhabitant of the historical region of Flanders or of the region of Flanders in northern Belgium.
- A Belgian who is a native speaker of Flemish.
[Middle English, from Middle Dutch Vlāming.]
Dictionary:
Flem·ing (flĕm'ĭng)
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[Middle English, from Middle Dutch Vlāming.]
| WordNet: Fleming |
The noun has 3 meanings:
Meaning #1:
British writer famous for writing spy novels about secret agent James Bond (1908-1964)
Synonyms: Ian Fleming, Ian Lancaster Fleming
Meaning #2:
English bacteriologist who discovered penicillin (1881-1955)
Synonyms: Alexander Fleming, Sir Alexander Fleming
Meaning #3:
a native of Flanders or a Flemish-speaking Belgian
| Wikipedia: Fleming |
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A Fleming is a member of the Flemish Community, and, in a slightly different meaning, an inhabitant (or descendant thereof) of Flanders, one of the Belgian regions, and in a wider sense of the word, a region overlapping parts of modern Belgium, France, and the Netherlands. See Flemish people.
"Fleming" is a surname in English-speaking countries. It may point to an ancestral origin in, and emigration from, Flanders - though it might have happened long enough in the past that no memory of it, except for the name, is retained in the family concerned. (There were extensive ties between England and Flanders already in the Middle Ages, with numerous Flemings arriving in England as merchants or mercenaries or as weavers and some staying on - see William of Ypres.) The name "Fleming" is also common in Scotland, Ireland and occurs in Scandinavian countries (specifically, it is the name of Fleming of Louhisaari, a Swedish noble family whose ancestors immigrated from Denmark to Swedish-ruled Finland) - all testifying to widespread Flemish diasporas from the Middle Ages on. So is the name of Fläming region, spanning parts of the German states of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg, a name preserving the memory of 12th century Flemish colonists.
Flemish Y & Mt DNA Projects at [1](search for Flemish) Fleming Surname Y & Mt DNA Projects at [2] (search for Fleming)
Fleming Genealogy Project [www.Flemmingfamilysite.multiply.com](misc gen info - Fleming surname)
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Among the persons so named may be mentioned:
Fleming is also the name of several Swedish noble families, some of which have been historically significant.
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| Translations: Fleming |
Dansk (Danish)
n. - flamlænder
Français (French)
n. - Flamand
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - Φλαμανδός
Português (Portuguese)
n. - descobridor (m) da penicilina, flamengo (m) (habitante de Flandres)
Español (Spanish)
n. - flamenco
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - flamländare
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
法兰德斯人, 说法兰德斯语的比利时人
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 法蘭德斯人, 說法蘭德斯語的比利時人
한국어 (Korean)
n. - (벨기에의) 플라망 지방 사람[언어]
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - フラマン人, フレミング
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) بلجيكي , ناطق بالفلمنكيه
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| Flanders (family name) |
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