Belgium

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

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛld͡ʒəm/

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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.

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)

• (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)
  • → 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
• Venetan: Belgio

Unadapted borrowing from English Belgium.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbelɡjum/ [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