Flanders fields
noun /ˌflɑːndəz ˈfiːldz/
/ˌflændərz ˈfiːldz/
[plural]- a phrase used to refer to the areas of north-east France and Belgium where many soldiers died and were buried in the First World War. The phrase comes from a poem, In Flanders Fields (1915) by John McCrae, which contains the lines: “In Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on row,That mark our place.”