a province of SW Belgium: stretches from the Flanders Plain in the north to the Ardennes in the south. Capital: Mons. Pop: 1 283 200 (2004 est). Area: 3797 sq km (1466 sq miles)
Hainaut in American English
(ɛˈnoʊ)
province of SW Belgium: 1,462 sq mi (3,787 sq km); pop. 1,285,000; cap. Mons