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Belgium
Belgium
English
Map of Belgium
Proper noun
Belgium
- A country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France.
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
Related terms
Translations
country in Europe
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See also
- Appendix:Place names in Belgium
- (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City (Categories: en:Countries, en:Countries of Europe)
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbɛlɡiʲum]
- Hyphenation: Bel‧gi‧um
Proper noun
Belgium
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 | — |
| 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 | — |
Related terms
Latin
Proper noun
Belgium n (genitive Belgiī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | Belgium |
| genitive | Belgiī |
| dative | Belgiō |
| accusative | Belgium |
| ablative | Belgiō |
| vocative | Belgium |
Descendants
- English: Belgium
- → Bengali: বেলজিয়াম (beljiẏam)
- → Bishnupriya Manipuri: বেলজিয়াম (bēlajiẏām)
- → Burmese:ဘယ်လ်ဂျီယမ် (bhail gyiyam)
- → Dhivehi: ބެލްޖިއަމް (beljiam)
- → 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: ബെല്ജിയം (beljiyaṃ)
- → Maori: Peratiamu
- → Marathi: बेल्जियम (beljiyam)
- → Meru: Belgium
- → Nauruan: Belgium
- → Nepali: बेल्जियम (beljiyama)
- → Sanskrit: बेल्जियम (beljiyama)
- → Tamil: பெல்ஜியம் (peljiyam)
- → Telugu: బెల్జియం (beljiyaṃ)
- → 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
- Venetian: Belgio