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Belgium

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English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Map of Belgium

Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin Belgium, from the name of the tribe of Belgae.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈbɛld͡ʒəm/
  • Audio (UK):(file)
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Proper noun

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Belgium (usually uncountable, plural Belgiums)

  2. A country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France. Official name: Kingdom of Belgium. Capital and largest city: Brussels.
    • 2025 January 29, Lucy Hooker, “Coca-Cola recalls drinks in UK due to chemical levels”, in BBC News‎[1]:
      The higher levels of chlorate were discovered during routine testing at the company's production facility in Ghent, Belgium, according to an unnamed company spokesperson quoted by the AFP news agency.
  3. A place in the United States:
    1. A village in Vermilion County, Illinois.
    2. A township in Polk County, Minnesota.
    3. An unincorporated community in Taylor County, West Virginia.
    4. A town and village in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin.
  4. The Low Countries. [17th c.–1830s]
    • 1652, Thomas Nicols, A lapidary, or, The history of pretious stones‎[2]:
      It is found in Egypt, in Belgium, in Bohemia, in Ratisbone, and in divers places of France, Germany, and Italy, and at Anneberge, and about Thebes.

Usage notes

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When describing the country's monarch, he or she should not be called "King (or Queen) of Belgium", but "King (or Queen) of the Belgians".

Synonyms

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Meronyms

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Derived terms

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Translations

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See also

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countries in Europe (appendix)edit

Hungarian

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 Belgium on Hungarian Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbɛlɡijum]
  • Hyphenation: Bel‧gi‧um
  • Rhymes: -um

Proper noun

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Belgium

  1. Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France; official name: Belga Királyság)

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Belgium —
accusative Belgiumot —
dative Belgiumnak —
instrumental Belgiummal —
causal-final Belgiumért —
translative Belgiummá —
terminative Belgiumig —
essive-formal Belgiumként —
essive-modal — —
inessive Belgiumban —
superessive Belgiumon —
adessive Belgiumnál —
illative Belgiumba —
sublative Belgiumra —
allative Belgiumhoz —
elative Belgiumból —
delative Belgiumról —
ablative Belgiumtól —
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		Belgiumé —
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		Belgiuméi —
Possessive forms of Belgium
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Belgiumom —
2nd person sing. Belgiumod —
3rd person sing. Belgiuma —
1st person plural Belgiumunk —
2nd person plural Belgiumotok —
3rd person plural Belgiumuk —

Derived terms

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See also

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countries in Europe: Európa országai (appendix)edit

Latin

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Belgium n sg (genitive Belgiī or Belgī); second declension

  1. synonym of Belgica: Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.

singular
nominative Belgium
genitive Belgiī
Belgī1
dative Belgiō
accusative Belgium
ablative Belgiō
vocative Belgium

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

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Malay

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English Belgium.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbeld͡ʒjum/ [ˈbel.d͡ʒjum]
  • IPA(key): /ˈbelɡjum/ [ˈbel.ɡjum]
  • Hyphenation: Bel‧gium

Proper noun

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Bélgium (Jawi spelling بيلجيوم or بيلݢيوم)

  1. Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)
    Synonym: (Indonesian) Belgia

See also

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countries in Europe: negara-negara di Eropah (appendix)edit
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