Belize
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2.4
- proper noun
- /bəˈliːz/
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Belice
- Growing up in Dangrega, Belize, I really was in a home with my grandparents.
- the population of Belize
- Belize District
- Belize City
I'm sure it's all above board in Belize.
- I'm sure it's all above board in Belize.
- Growing up in Dangrega, Belize, I really was in a home with my grandparents.
- And that's why the, the, the Prime Minister of Belize is right to, to point to the need for cash.
- Combs gets extradited, I believe to Belize.
- Like if you're just just, you got to leave, you got to go and like live in like Belize or like that, right?
- In May, a ship transporting the chief magistrate of Belize to visit the Mosquito King landed near the settlement.
- When, when I was flying and I told Barry we would, we would refuel and change airplane the the loads and Belize where I had a, a spot up there.
Examples
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His flight from Miami was the last one of the day for Belize City.
Fiction book (1996) -
My unit was on a training exercise in Belize.
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On that trip to Belize, they stayed in the same room.
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The airport in Belize City made him think of bus stations in old movies.
Fiction book (1996) -
All right, this place is owned by an overseas company out of Belize.
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After a gap year in which he visited Chile, Belize, and African countries, Prince William chose to study at St Andrews University in Fife, Scotland.
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Official census figures indicate that the population of Belize in 1980, which was 145,000, rose to 189,000 by 1991.
Academic text (1997) -
The major source regions for Central American immigrants to Belize were Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras.
Academic text (1997) -
Guatemala is a developing country that is bordered by Mexico, the Pacific Ocean, Belize, the Caribbean, Honduras, and El Salvador.
Academic text (2013) -
My unit was on a training exercise in Belize.
Synonyms
The old name for Belize before independence in 1981
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Belize comes from the name of the Belize River, and that river name may come from an old Maya word belix meaning 'muddy water'. So, a helpful way to remember Belize is to think of a 'muddy river' leading to the sea, which is where the country sits.