Belgica
Central Nahuatl
Proper noun
Belgica
- Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)
Corsican
Etymology
From Latin Belgica. Cognates include French Belgique and Spanish Bélgica.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbeld͡ʒika/
Proper noun
Belgica f
- Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)
Synonyms
- Belgiu, Belghju
Latin
Etymology
From Belgicus/belgicus, short for Gallia Belgica (“Belgic Gaul”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbɛɫ.ɡɪ.ka]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbɛl̠ʲ.d͡ʒi.ka]
Proper noun
Belgica f sg (genitive Belgicae); first declension
- Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Belgica |
| genitive | Belgicae |
| dative | Belgicae |
| accusative | Belgicam |
| ablative | Belgicā |
| vocative | Belgica |
Synonyms
Meronyms
Holonyms
Coordinate terms
Descendants
- Albanian: Belgjikë
- Arabic: بِلْجِيكَا (biljīkā)
- Aragonese: Belchica
- Asturian: Bélxica
- Azerbaijani: Belçika
- Basque: Belgika
- Catalan: Bèlgica
- Corsican: Belgica
- Crimean Tatar: Belçika
- Franco-Provençal: Bèlg·ique
- French: Belgique
- Galician: Bélxica
- Interlingua: Belgica
- Ladino: Beljika
- Lingala: Bɛ́ljika
- Malagasy: Belzika
- Portuguese:
- → Papiamentu: Bélgika
- → Tetum: Béljika
- Spanish: Bélgica
- Turkish: Belçika
- Walloon: Beldjike
- Zazaki: Belçıka
See also
- Albānia
- Andorra
- Armenia
- Austria
- Belgica
- Belorussia
- Bosnia et Herzegovīna
- Britannia
- Bulgaria
- Croātia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Dānia
- Estonia
- Finnia
- Francia
- Geōrgia
- Germānia
- Graecia
- Helvētia
- Hī̆bernia
- Hispānia
- Hungaria
- Īslandia
- Ī̆talia
- Kosovia
- Lettonia
- Lichtenstēnum
- Lituānia
- Lūsītānia
- Luxemburgum
- Macedonia Septentriōnālis
- Melita
- Moldavia
- Monoecus
- Mōns Niger
- Nederlandia
- Norvegia
- Polonia
- Rōmānia
- Russia
- Sānctus Marīnus
- Serbia
- Slovācia
- Slovēnia
- Suecia
- Turcia
- Ū̆crāīna
- Vātī̆cānus
Occitan
Proper noun
Belgica f
- Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)
Portuguese
Proper noun
Belgica f
- Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Bélgica.
- 1914, David Lloyd George, A Guerra Europea, Harrison and Sons, page 2:
- É preciso ter presente que nessa occasião o maior perigo para a Belgica provinha da França e não da Allemanha.
- At that time, bear in mind, the greatest danger to Belgium came from France and not from Germany.