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Belgie

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See also: België

English

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Noun

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Belgie (plural Belgies)

  1. (slang) A Belgian.
    • 1980, Barbara Hanrahan, The Frangipani Garden, page 11:
      Jim Reed began talking about the Tommies, the Aussies, the Froggies, the Belgies, the Pork and Cheese.
    • 1984, Pamela Haines, The Diamond Waterfall, page 353:
      Money's coming through any day from the Belgies — it's all in order, paper work, all that — but we need to put up a bit extra just now. Before it comes through.
    • 2014, Leo Kessler, SS Panzer Battalion: Wotan's First Mission:
      If you listen carefully, you can hear the Belgies down below in the underground galleries. Hundreds of them there are.

Anagrams

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Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Latin Belgia.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbɛlɡɪjɛ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪjɛ
  • Hyphenation: Bel‧gie

Proper noun

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Belgie f (relational adjective belgický, demonym Belgičan, female demonym Belgičanka)

  1. Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)

Declension

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Declension of Belgie (sg-only soft feminine)
singular
nominative Belgie
genitive Belgie
dative Belgii
accusative Belgii
vocative Belgie
locative Belgii
instrumental Belgií

See also

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countries in Europe: státy Evropy (appendix)edit

Further reading

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  • “Belgie”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “Belgie”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “Belgie” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz
  • “Belgie”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Dutch

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Proper noun

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Belgie

  1. Misspelling of België.
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