A town in north-western Belgium, near the border with France, in the province of West Flanders; population 34,812 (2008). Ypres was the scene of some of the bitterest fighting of the First World War.
Flemish name Ieper
Rhymes
chypre
Definition of Ypres in US English:
Ypres
proper nounˈēpr(ə)
A town in northwestern Belgium, near the border with France, in the province of West Flanders; population 34,812 (2008). Ypres was the scene of some of the bitterest fighting of World War II.