Belgium

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Belgium, from the name of the tribe of Belgae. === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈbɛld͡ʒəm/ === 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. A place in the United States: A village in Vermilion County, Illinois. A township in Polk County, Minnesota. An unincorporated community in Taylor County, West Virginia. A town and village in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin. The Low Countries. [17th c.–1830s] ==== 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) ==== Derived terms ==== Belgium block Belgium sausage ==== Related terms ==== Belgian ==== Translations ==== === See also === == Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbɛlɡijum] Hyphenation: Bel‧gi‧um Rhymes: -um === Proper noun === Belgium Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France; official name: Belga Királyság) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === See also === == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbɛɫ.ɡi.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbɛl̠ʲ.d͡ʒi.um] === 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. 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) → Māori: 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 Venetan: Belgio == Malay == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English Belgium. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbeld͡ʒjum/ [ˈbel.d͡ʒjum] IPA(key): /ˈbelɡjum/ [ˈbel.ɡjum] Hyphenation: Bel‧gium === Proper noun === Bélgium (Jawi spelling بيلجيوم or بيلݢيوم) Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France) Synonym: (Indonesian) Belgia === See also ===