Flemish Americans

E1707

diaspora community ethnic group in the United States

Flemish Americans are U.S. residents and citizens of Flemish (Dutch-speaking Belgian) ancestry, reflecting cultural and historical ties to both Belgium and the broader Dutch-speaking world.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Flemish Americans canonical	2
Flemish people	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	diaspora community ⓘ ethnic group in the United States ⓘ
ancestralCountry	Belgium ⓘ
ancestralLanguage	Dutch ⓘ Flemish Dutch ⓘ
ancestralMacroRegion	Low Countries ⓘ
citizenshipStatus	may be U.S. citizens ⓘ may be U.S. permanent residents ⓘ
countryOfResidence	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalHeritage	Belgian culture ⓘ Dutch-speaking culture ⓘ Flemish culture ⓘ
culturalPractice	celebration of Belgian national holidays ⓘ maintenance of Flemish culinary traditions ⓘ participation in Belgian-American clubs and societies ⓘ
demographicStatus	numerically small compared to larger European-origin groups in the U.S. ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Belgium ⓘ surface form: Belgians Flemish Americans self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Flemish people
heritageLanguageShift	from Dutch to English over generations ⓘ
historicalContext	linked to Belgian independence and economic changes in the 19th century ⓘ
historicalMigrationWave	19th century immigration to the United States ⓘ early 20th century immigration to the United States ⓘ
identityComponent	American national identity ⓘ Belgian identity ⓘ Flemish regional identity ⓘ
languageShift	English ⓘ
partOf	Belgian diaspora ⓘ Dutch-speaking diaspora ⓘ European American ⓘ surface form: European Americans
primaryAncestralRegion	Flanders ⓘ
reasonForMigration	agricultural settlement ⓘ economic opportunity ⓘ industrial employment ⓘ
relatedTo	Afrikaners ⓘ surface form: Afrikaner Americans Belgian Americans ⓘ Dutch American ⓘ surface form: Dutch Americans Dutch American ⓘ surface form: Netherlandic diaspora Belgian Americans ⓘ surface form: Walloon Americans
selfIdentification	may identify as Belgian American ⓘ may identify as Dutch-speaking Belgian ⓘ may identify as Flemish ⓘ
settlementPattern	Great Lakes ⓘ surface form: Great Lakes region Midwestern United States ⓘ urban industrial centers ⓘ
typicalReligion	Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestantism Roman Catholicism ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dutch American → relatedGroup → Flemish Americans ⓘ

subject surface form: Dutch Americans

Flemish Americans → ethnicOrigin → Flemish Americans self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Flemish people

Belgian Americans → relatedGroup → Flemish Americans ⓘ