Belgium
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Belgium, from the name of the tribe of Belgae.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Belgium (usually uncountable, plural Belgiums)
- 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.
Usage notes
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
- Kingdom of Belgium (official name)
Meronyms
- Wallonia
- Flanders
- Brussels-Capital Region
- Brussels (capital city)
Related terms
Translations
country in Europe
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See also
- (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia (Czech Republic), Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Belgium
- Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)
Declension
| 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 | — |
Related terms
Latin
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Belgium n sg (genitive Belgiī or Belgī); second declension
- Synonym of Belgica: Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Belgium |
| Genitive | Belgiī Belgī1 |
| Dative | Belgiō |
| Accusative | Belgium |
| Ablative | Belgiō |
| Vocative | Belgium |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
- → English: Belgium
- → Bengali: বেলজিয়াম (beljiẏam)
- → Bishnupriya Manipuri: বেলজিয়াম (bēlajiẏām)
- → Burmese: ဘယ်လ်ဂျီယမ် (bhailgyiyam)
- → Dhivehi: ބެލްޖިއަމް (beljiam̊)
- → 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: ബെൽജിയം (beljiyaṁ)
- → Maori: Peratiamu
- → Marathi: बेल्जियम (beljiyam)
- → Meru: Belgium
- → Nauruan: Belgium
- → Nepali: बेल्जियम (beljiyam)
- → Sanskrit: बेल्जियम (beljiyama)
- → Tamil: பெல்ஜியம் (peljiyam)
- → Telugu: బెల్జియం (beljiyaṁ)
- → 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