Belgium

Borrowed from Latin Belgium, variant of Belgica, from Gallia Belgica, from the name of the tribe of Belgae.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛld͡ʒəm/, [ˈbɛld͡ʒɱ̩]

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• Hyphenation: Bel‧gium

Belgium (usually uncountable, plural Belgiums)

2. 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.
   • 2025 January 29, Lucy Hooker, “Coca-Cola recalls drinks in UK due to chemical levels”, in BBC News‎^[1]:

     The higher levels of chlorate were discovered during routine testing at the company's production facility in Ghent, Belgium, according to an unnamed company spokesperson quoted by the AFP news agency.

3. A place in the United States:
   1. A village in Vermilion County, Illinois.
   2. A township in Polk County, Minnesota.
   3. An unincorporated community in Taylor County, West Virginia.
   4. A town and village in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin.
4. The Low Countries. [17th c.–1830s]
   • 1652, Thomas Nicols, A lapidary, or, The history of pretious stones‎^[2]:

     It is found in Egypt, in Belgium, in Bohemia, in Ratisbone, and in divers places of France, Germany, and Italy, and at Anneberge, and about Thebes.

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".

• Kingdom of Belgium (official name)

• Wallonia
• Flanders
• Brussels-Capital Region
• Brussels (capital city)

• Belgium block
• Belgium sausage

• Belgian

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛlɡijum]
• Hyphenation: Bel‧gi‧um
• Rhymes: -um

Belgium

1. Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France; official name: Belga Királyság)

Variant of Belgica, from Gallia Belgica, from Belgae.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈbɛɫ.ɡi.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbɛl̠ʲ.d͡ʒi.um]

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)

Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

• → 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

Unadapted borrowing from English Belgium.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeld͡ʒium/ [ˈbel.d͡ʒjum]

• IPA^(key): /ˈbelɡium/ [ˈbel.ɡjum]
• Hyphenation: Bel‧gium

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