Belgium

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English

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Map of Belgium

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Belgium, from the name of the tribe of Belgae.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈbɛld͡ʒəm/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Proper noun

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.

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".

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Hungarian

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: Bel‧gi‧um
  • Rhymes: -um

Proper noun

Belgium

  1. 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

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Latin

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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)

Declension

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).

Descendants

Malay

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Belgium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbelɡjum/
  • Hyphenation: Bel‧gium

Proper noun

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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