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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 (US):(file)

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Belgium (usually uncountable, plural Belgiums)

  1. 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.

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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".

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Hungarian

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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)

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
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Latin

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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)

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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).

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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

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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

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