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Cour⋅trai

  [Fr. koor-tre]
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–noun
a city in W Belgium, on the Lys River: important medieval city. 43,364.
Flemish, Kortrijk.
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Cour·trai   (kŏŏr-trā', kōōr-)   
See Kortrijk.
Kort·rijk   (kôrt'rĭk')   
A city of western Belgium west of Brussels. It was the most important cloth-manufacturing town of medieval Flanders and is still a textile center. Population: 73,800.
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Courtrai

municipality, West Flanders province, western Belgium. It lies along the Leie (Lys) River and the Leie-Scheldt Canal. The Roman settlement of Cortracum was established there, and in the 7th century St. Eloi erected a chapel on the site of the present St. Martin's Church. Chartered in 1190, Kortrijk reached its peak in the Middle Ages as a centre of the linen damask industry.

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