Belgium
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from Latin Belgium, from the name of the tribe of Belgae.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Belgium
- A country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France.
Usage notes[edit]
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[edit]
- Kingdom of Belgium (official name)
Meronyms[edit]
- Wallonia
- Flanders
- Brussels-Capital Region
- Brussels (capital city)
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
country in Europe
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See also[edit]
- Appendix:Place names in Belgium
- (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City (Categories: en:Countries, en:Countries of Europe)
Hungarian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Belgium
Declension[edit]
| 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 | — |
| 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 | — |
Related terms[edit]
Latin[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Belgium n (genitive Belgiī); second declension
Inflection[edit]
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | Belgium |
| genitive | Belgiī |
| dative | Belgiō |
| accusative | Belgium |
| ablative | Belgiō |
| vocative | Belgium |
Descendants[edit]
- English: Belgium
- → Bengali: বেলজিয়াম (beljiẏam)
- → Bishnupriya Manipuri: বেলজিয়াম (bēlajiẏām)
- → Burmese:ဘယ်လ်ဂျီယမ် (bhail gyiyam)
- → Dhivehi: ބެލްޖިއަމް (beljiam)
- → Dzongkha: བེལ་ཇིཡམ་ (bel jiym)
- → Ewe: Belgium
- → Gujarati: બેલ્જિયમ (beljiyam)
- → Hawaiian: Pelekiuma
- → Hindi: बेल्जियम (beljiyam)
- → Ilocano: Belgium
- → Kamba: Belgium
- → Kapampangan: Belgium
- → Luhya: Belgium
- → Malay: Belgium
- → Malayalam: ബെല്ജിയം (beljiyaṃ)
- → Maori: Peratiamu
- → Marathi: बेल्जियम (beljiyam)
- → Meru: Belgium
- → Nauruan: Belgium
- → Nepali: बेल्जियम (beljiyama)
- → Sanskrit: बेल्जियम (beljiyama)
- → Tamil: பெல்ஜியம் (peljiyam)
- → Telugu: బెల్జియం (beljiyaṃ)
- → Thai: เบลเยียม (beel-yîiam)
- → Tok Pisin: Beljiam
- → Urdu: بلجئیم (beljiyam)
- → Yoruba: Belgium
- Esperanto: Belgio
- Friulian: Belgjo
- Greek: Βέλγιο (Vélgio)
- Hungarian: Belgium
- Interlingua: Belgio
- Italian: Belgio
- Ligurian: Belgiò
- Scots: Belgium
- Sicilian: Belgiu
- Silesian: Belgijo
- Venetian: Belgio
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Latin
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- en:Countries
- en:Countries of Europe
- en:Belgium
- en:Exonyms
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian proper nouns
- hu:Countries
- hu:Exonyms
- Latin lemmas
- Latin proper nouns
- Latin neuter nouns
- Latin second declension nouns
- Latin neuter nouns in the second declension
- Latin singularia tantum
- la:Belgium
- la:Countries of Europe