Belize

See also: Bélize

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Belize (atttested since 1677) as the name of the Belize River, probably from Mayan beliz (“muddy water”). (An earlier suggestion, that it could be a Spanish pronunciation of the surname of Scottish buccaneer Peter Wallace, is now considered to be a myth.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈliːz/, /bɛlˈiːz/, /beɪlˈiːz/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Belize

2. An English-speaking country in Central America, formerly called British Honduras.

Derived terms

• BZD

Translations

country

• Afrikaans: Belize
• Albanian: Beliza
• Amharic: ቤሊዝ (beliz)
• Arabic: بَلِيز f (balīz)
• Armenian: Բելիզ (hy) (Beliz)
• Azerbaijani: Beliz (az)
• Belarusian: Белі́з m (Bjelíz)
• Bengali: বেলিজ (belij)
• Breton: Belize
• Bulgarian: Белиз (Beliz)
• Burmese: ဘလိဇ် (bha.lij)
• Catalan: Belize (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伯利茲／伯利兹 (zh) (Bólìzī), 伯利兹 (zh) (Bǎilìzī)

• Czech: Belize (cs) n
• Danish: Belize (da)
• Dhivehi: ބެލީޒު (belīzu)
• Dutch: Belize (nl)
• Dzongkha: བེ་ལིཛ (be lidz)
• Esperanto: Belizo (eo)
• Estonian: Belize (et)
• Faroese: Belis n
• Finnish: Belize (fi)
• French: Belize (fr) m
• Galician: Belice (gl)
• Georgian: ბელიზი (ka) (belizi)
• German: Belize (de) n
• Greek: Μπελίζε (el) f (Belíze)
• Hebrew: בֶּלִיז (he) (beliz)
• Hindi: बेलीज़ (hi) (belīz)
• Hungarian: Belize (hu)
• Icelandic: Belís (is)
• Indonesian: Belize (id)
• Interlingua: Belize
• Irish: An Bheilís m
• Italian: Belize
• Japanese: ベリーズ (ja) (Berīzu)
• Kalenjin: Belize
• Kamba: Belize
• Kazakh: Белиз (Beliz)
• Khmer: បេលី (km) (beelii)
• Kikuyu: Belize
• Korean: 벨리즈 (Bellijeu)
• Kyrgyz: Белиз (ky) (Beliz)
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• Lao: ເບລິດ (bē lit)
• Latvian: Beliza (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Belizas (lt) m
• Luhya: Belize
• Luo: Belize
• Macedonian: Бели́з m (Belíz)
• Malay: Belize
• Maltese: il-Beliz, il-Beliże
• Maori: Pērihi
• Meru: Belize
• Mongolian: Белиз (mn) (Beliz)
• Norman: Bélize m
• Norwegian: Belize (no)
• Persian: بلیز (beliz)
• Polish: Belize (pl) n
• Portuguese: Belize (pt)
• Romanian: Belize (ro)
• Russian: Бели́з (ru) m (Belíz)
• Rusyn: Белі́з m (Belíz)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Белиз m, Бѐлӣзе m

  Roman: Beliz m, Bèlīze (sh) m

• Sicilian: Belizi m
• Sinhalese: බෙලීස් (belīs)
• Slovak: Belize (sk) n
• Slovene: Belize (sl) m
• Spanish: Bélice
• Swahili: Belize (sw)
• Swedish: Belize (sv)
• Tagalog: Belise, Belize
• Tajik: Белиз (tg) (Beliz)
• Tatar: Белиз (Beliz)
• Thai: เบลีซ (th) (bee-líis)
• Tibetan: བེ་ལི་ཛི (be li dzi)
• Turkish: Belize (tr)
• Turkmen: Beliz
• Ukrainian: Белі́з (uk) m (Belíz)
• Urdu: بیلیز (belīz)
• Uyghur: بېلىز (bëliz)
• Uzbek: Beliz (uz)
• Vietnamese: Bê-li-xê
• Yiddish: בעליז (beliz)
• Yoruba: Bèlísẹ̀

See also

• (countries of Central America) country of Central America; Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama

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Asturian

Proper noun

Belize m

2. Belize

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Breton

Proper noun

Belize

2. Belize

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Catalan

Proper noun

Belize m

2. Belize

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛlɪzɛ]

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Belize n

2. Belize

Related terms

• belizský
• Belizan

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Danish

Proper noun

Belize

2. Belize

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbeːˈliː.zə/

• audio:

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• Hyphenation: Be‧li‧ze
• Rhymes: -iːzə

Proper noun

Belize n

2. Belize

Anagrams

• beziel, blieze

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Estonian

Proper noun

Belize

2. Belize

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbelize/, [ˈbe̞lize̞]
• Rhymes: -elize
• Syllabification^(key): Be‧li‧ze

Proper noun

Belize

2. Belize

Declension

Inflection of Belize (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		Belize	—
genitive		Belizen	—
partitive		Belizeä	—
illative		Belizeen	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Belize	—
accusative	nom.	Belize	—
	gen.	Belizen
genitive		Belizen	—
partitive		Belizeä	—
inessive		Belizessä	—
elative		Belizestä	—
illative		Belizeen	—
adessive		Belizellä	—
ablative		Belizeltä	—
allative		Belizelle	—
essive		Belizenä	—
translative		Belizeksi	—
abessive		Belizettä	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Belize (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Belizeni — accusative nom. Belizeni — gen. Belizeni genitive Belizeni — partitive Belizeäni — inessive Belizessäni — elative Belizestäni — illative Belizeeni — adessive Belizelläni — ablative Belizeltäni — allative Belizelleni — essive Belizenäni — translative Belizekseni — abessive Belizettäni — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Belizesi — accusative nom. Belizesi — gen. Belizesi genitive Belizesi — partitive Belizeäsi — inessive Belizessäsi — elative Belizestäsi — illative Belizeesi — adessive Belizelläsi — ablative Belizeltäsi — allative Belizellesi — essive Belizenäsi — translative Belizeksesi — abessive Belizettäsi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Belizemme — accusative nom. Belizemme — gen. Belizemme genitive Belizemme — partitive Belizeämme — inessive Belizessämme — elative Belizestämme — illative Belizeemme — adessive Belizellämme — ablative Belizeltämme — allative Belizellemme — essive Belizenämme — translative Belizeksemme — abessive Belizettämme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Belizenne — accusative nom. Belizenne — gen. Belizenne genitive Belizenne — partitive Belizeänne — inessive Belizessänne — elative Belizestänne — illative Belizeenne — adessive Belizellänne — ablative Belizeltänne — allative Belizellenne — essive Belizenänne — translative Belizeksenne — abessive Belizettänne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Belizensä — accusative nom. Belizensä — gen. Belizensä genitive Belizensä — partitive Belizeään Belizeänsä — inessive Belizessään Belizessänsä — elative Belizestään Belizestänsä — illative Belizeensä — adessive Belizellään Belizellänsä — ablative Belizeltään Belizeltänsä — allative Belizelleen Belizellensä — essive Belizenään Belizenänsä — translative Belizekseen Belizeksensä — abessive Belizettään Belizettänsä — instructive — — comitative — —

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French

Alternative forms

• Bélize

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be.liz/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Belize ?

2. Belize

Anagrams

• bêliez

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Belize n (genitive Belize')

2. Belize

Derived terms

• Belizer
• Belizerin
• belizisch

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Hungarian

Proper noun

Belize

2. Belize

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Interlingua

Proper noun

Belize

2. Belize

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Italian

Proper noun

Belize m

2. Belize

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Belize

2. Belize

Related terms

• belizer
• belizisk

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Belize

2. Belize

Related terms

• belizar
• belizisk

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛˈli.zɛ/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Belize n (undeclinable)

2. Belize (country)
4. Belize (city)

Derived terms

• (#1) Belizeńczyk m, Belizenka f
• (#2) belizeńczyk m, belizenka f
• belizeński (adjective)

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Belize m or f

2. Belize (a country in Central America)

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Romanian

Proper noun

Belize

2. Belize

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Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Bèlīze m (Cyrillic spelling Бѐлӣзе)

2. Belize

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Swedish

Proper noun

Belize n (genitive Belizes)

2. Belize

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Turkish

Proper noun

Belize

2. Belize