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Belgium

Belgium

87 1.0
A country in northwest Europe whose capital is Brussels and where many international organizations are based
  • proper noun
  • /ˈbɛldʒəm/
translation icon : Bélgica
  • So I only know three things for sure about Belgium Waffles, beer, and chocolate.
  • France and Belgium
  • the Netherlands and Belgium
  • Germany and Belgium

The day before that I was in Holland and Belgium and flew back.

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Examples

  • So I've been living in Belgium for like almost half a year now.

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  • French fries, I believe, were invented in Belgium, not France.

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  • And in those days it only came from Belgium, so it was very expensive.

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  • I was just in Belgium, and so a friend gave me this one.

  • His mother says they must go back to Belgium where they have at least a house.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • And let's just say that my school experience in Belgium was very negative.

  • And in Belgium, I would recommend Leuven.

  • We are at Waterloo in what's now Belgium, and it's just to the South of Brussels.

  • The saxophone was invented by a man named Sax in Belgium!

    The Lost City (2005)

  • Last summer, I visited Belgium, where I enjoyed the beautiful architecture and delicious chocolate.

Synonyms

Kingdom of Belgium
vsBelgium
2.1

A northwest European country with a king and the main offices of the European Union

is the common name used without the official title
Belgique
vsBelgium
7.5

A country in northwest Europe where French and Dutch are spoken

is the English name used rather than the French form

Compounds

Kingdom of Belgium
2.1

A northwest European country with a king and the main offices of the European Union

Surface Forms

Belgium main

Etymology

Belgium comes from the old Latin name Belgica, which was named after the people called the Belgae, so it originally meant the 'land of the Belgae'. That's why Belgium today is the country named after those ancient people.