Belize

See also: Bélize

English

Etymology

The origin of the name Belize is debated and marked by various theories. One contested hypothesis suggests a derivation from Peter Wallace, a Scottish corsair whose name may have evolved into "Belize" through Spanish pronunciation, though modern scholars dismiss this as a colonial myth. Another possibility points to a Maya origin, from the word balix or belix, meaning "muddy waters," likely referring to the Belize River. Early 18th-century cartographic records show variations such as Balesia and Belleze. Another Maya theory links the name to the phrase Bel Itza, meaning "road to Itzá," possibly referring to the Maya kingdom of Petén Itzá in present-day Guatemala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈliːz/, /bɛlˈiːz/, /beɪlˈiːz/

• Audio (US):

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• Homophone: balise (one pronunciation)
• Rhymes: -iːz

Proper noun

Belize

2. An English-speaking country in Central America, formerly called British Honduras.

Derived terms

• Belizean
• Belize City
• Belize dollar
• Belize River
• BZD

Translations

country

• Afrikaans: Belize
• Albanian: Belize f, Beliza f (definite)
• Amharic: ቤሊዝ (beliz)
• Arabic: بَلِيز f (balīz)
• Armenian: Բելիզ (hy) (Beliz)
• Asturian: Belize (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Beliz (az)
• Belarusian: Белі́з m (Bjelíz), Бэлі́з m (Belíz)
• Belizean Creole: Bileez
• Bengali: বেলিজ (bn) (belij)
• Breton: Belize
• Bulgarian: Бели́з m (Belíz)
• Burmese: ဘလိဇ် (bha.lij)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Белі́з m (Belíz)
• Catalan: Belize (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伯利茲 / 伯利兹 (zh) (Bǎilìzī)

• Czech: Belize (cs) n
• Danish: Belize (da) n
• Dhivehi: ބެލީޒު (belīzu)
• Dutch: Belize (nl) n
• Dzongkha: བེ་ལིཛ (be lidz)
• Esperanto: Belizo (eo)
• Estonian: Belize (et)
• Faroese: Belis n
• Finnish: Belize (fi)
• French: Belize (fr) m
• Galician: Belice (gl)
• Georgian: ბელიზი (ka) (belizi)
• German: Belize (de) n
• Greek: Μπελίζ (el) f (Belíz)
• Haitian Creole: Beliz
• Hebrew: בֶּלִיז (he) f (belíz)
• Hindi: बेलीज़ (hi) m (belīz)
• Hungarian: Belize (hu)
• Icelandic: Belís (is) n
• Indonesian: Belize (id)
• Interlingua: Belize
• Irish: An Bheilís f
• Italian: Belize (it) m
• Japanese: ベリーズ (ja) (Berīzu)
• Kalenjin: Belize
• Kamba: Belize
• Kazakh: Белиз (kk) (Beliz)
• Khmer: បេលី (km) (beelii)
• Kikuyu: Belize
• Korean: 벨리즈 (ko) (Bellijeu), 벨리제 (ko) (Bellije) (North Korea)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Belîze (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Белиз (ky) (Beliz)
• Lao: ເບລິດ (bē lit)
• Latvian: Beliza (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Belizas (lt) m
• Luhya: Belize
• Luo: Belize
• Macedonian: Бели́з (mk) m (Belíz)
• Malay: Belize
• Maltese: il-Beliz, il-Beliże
• Maori: Pērihi
• Meru: Belize
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Белиз (mn) (Beliz)

• Norman: Bélize m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Belize (no) n

• Pashto: بليز m (beliz)
• Persian: بلیز (beliz)
• Polish: Belize (pl) n
• Portuguese: Belize (pt) m or f
• Punjabi: ਬੇਲੀਜ਼ (belīz)
• Romanian: Belize (ro) n
• Russian: Бели́з (ru) m (Belíz)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Белиз m, Бѐлӣзе m

  Roman: Beliz m, Bèlīze (sh) m

• Sicilian: Belizi m
• Sinhalese: බෙලීස් (belīs)
• Slovak: Belize (sk) n
• Slovene: Belize (sl) m
• Spanish: Belice (es) m
• Sranan Tongo: Belise
• Swahili: Belize (sw)
• Swedish: Belize (sv) n
• Tagalog: Belise, Belize
• Tajik: Белиз (tg) (Beliz)
• Tatar: Белиз (Beliz)
• Thai: เบลีซ (th) (bee-líis)
• Tibetan: བེ་ལི་ཛི (be li dzi)
• Turkish: Belize (tr)
• Turkmen: Beliz
• Ukrainian: Белі́з (uk) m (Belíz)
• Urdu: بیلیز m (belīz)
• Uyghur: بېلىز (bëliz)
• Uzbek: Beliz (uz)
• Vietnamese: Bê-li-xê, Be-li-dơ
• Welsh: Belîs m
• Yiddish: בעליז n (beliz)
• Yoruba: Bèlísẹ̀

See also

• (countries of Central America) country of Central America; Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈliθe/, [beˈli.θe]

Proper noun

Belize m

2. Belize (a country in Central America)

Breton

Proper noun

Belize

2. Belize (a country in Central America)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəˈli.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [beˈli.ze]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Proper noun

Belize m

2. Belize (a country in Central America)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛlɪzɛ]

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Belize n (indeclinable, related adjective belizský, demonym Belizan)

2. Belize (a country in Central America; capital: Belmopan)

Further reading

• “Belize”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Danish

Proper noun

Belize

2. Belize (a country in Central America)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbeːˈliː.zə/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Be‧li‧ze
• Rhymes: -iːzə

Proper noun

Belize n

2. Belize (a country in Central America)

Anagrams

• beziel, blieze

Estonian

Proper noun

Belize

2. Belize (a country in Central America)

Finnish

Etymology

From English Belize, from Spanish Belice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbelitse/, [ˈbe̞lits̠e̞]
• IPA^(key): /ˈbelize/, [ˈbe̞lize̞]
• IPA^(key): /ˈbelise/, [ˈbe̞lis̠e̞]
• Rhymes: -elitse
• Hyphenation^(key): Be‧li‧ze

Proper noun

Belize

2. Belize (a country in Central America)

Declension

Inflection of Belize (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		Belize	—
genitive		Belizen	—
partitive		Belizeä	—
illative		Belizeen	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Belize	—
accusative	nom.	Belize	—
	gen.	Belizen
genitive		Belizen	—
partitive		Belizeä	—
inessive		Belizessä	—
elative		Belizestä	—
illative		Belizeen	—
adessive		Belizellä	—
ablative		Belizeltä	—
allative		Belizelle	—
essive		Belizenä	—
translative		Belizeksi	—
abessive		Belizettä	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Belize (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Belizeni — accusative nom. Belizeni — gen. Belizeni genitive Belizeni — partitive Belizeäni — inessive Belizessäni — elative Belizestäni — illative Belizeeni — adessive Belizelläni — ablative Belizeltäni — allative Belizelleni — essive Belizenäni — translative Belizekseni — abessive Belizettäni — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Belizesi — accusative nom. Belizesi — gen. Belizesi genitive Belizesi — partitive Belizeäsi — inessive Belizessäsi — elative Belizestäsi — illative Belizeesi — adessive Belizelläsi — ablative Belizeltäsi — allative Belizellesi — essive Belizenäsi — translative Belizeksesi — abessive Belizettäsi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Belizemme — accusative nom. Belizemme — gen. Belizemme genitive Belizemme — partitive Belizeämme — inessive Belizessämme — elative Belizestämme — illative Belizeemme — adessive Belizellämme — ablative Belizeltämme — allative Belizellemme — essive Belizenämme — translative Belizeksemme — abessive Belizettämme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Belizenne — accusative nom. Belizenne — gen. Belizenne genitive Belizenne — partitive Belizeänne — inessive Belizessänne — elative Belizestänne — illative Belizeenne — adessive Belizellänne — ablative Belizeltänne — allative Belizellenne — essive Belizenänne — translative Belizeksenne — abessive Belizettänne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Belizensä — accusative nom. Belizensä — gen. Belizensä genitive Belizensä — partitive Belizeään Belizeänsä — inessive Belizessään Belizessänsä — elative Belizestään Belizestänsä — illative Belizeensä — adessive Belizellään Belizellänsä — ablative Belizeltään Belizeltänsä — allative Belizelleen Belizellensä — essive Belizenään Belizenänsä — translative Belizekseen Belizeksensä — abessive Belizettään Belizettänsä — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• belizeläinen

 

French

Alternative forms

• Bélize

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be.liz/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Belize m

2. Alternative form of Bélize (“Belize (a country in Central America)”)

Anagrams

• bêliez

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English Belize.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈliːs/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Belize n (proper noun, strong, genitive Belize')

2. Belize (a country in Central America)

Derived terms

• Belizer
• belizisch

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛliz]
• Hyphenation: Be‧lize
• Rhymes: -iz

Proper noun

Belize

2. Belize (a country in Central America)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Belize	—
accusative	Belize-t	—
dative	Belize-nek	—
instrumental	Belize-zel	—
causal-final	Belize-ért	—
translative	Belize-zé	—
terminative	Belize-ig	—
essive-formal	Belize-ként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Belize-ben	—
superessive	Belize-en	—
adessive	Belize-nél	—
illative	Belize-be	—
sublative	Belize-re	—
allative	Belize-hez	—
elative	Belize-ből	—
delative	Belize-ről	—
ablative	Belize-től	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	Belize-é	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	Belize-éi	—

Possessive forms of Belize
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Belize-em	—
2nd person sing.	Belize-ed	—
3rd person sing.	Belize-e	—
1st person plural	Belize-ünk	—
2nd person plural	Belize-etek	—
3rd person plural	Belize-ük	—

Derived terms

• belize-i

Interlingua

Proper noun

Belize

2. Belize (a country in Central America)

Italian

Proper noun

Belize m

2. Belize (a country in Central America)

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Belize

2. Belize (a country in Central America)

Related terms

• belizer
• belizisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Belize

2. Belize (a country in Central America)

Related terms

• belizar
• belizisk

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛˈli.zɛ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -izɛ
• Syllabification: Be‧li‧ze

Proper noun

Belize n (indeclinable, related adjective belizeński)

2. Belize (a country in Central America)
4. Belize City (the largest city in Belize)

Derived terms

nouns

• belizenka
• Belizenka
• belizeńczyk
• Belizeńczyk

 

See also

• (countries of Central America) kraje Ameryki Środkowej; Belize, Gwatemala, Honduras, Kostaryka, Nikaragua, Panama, Salwador

Further reading

• Belize in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /beˈli.zi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /beˈli.zi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /beˈli.ze/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨˈli.zɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): [ˈbli.zɨ]
• Hyphenation: Be‧li‧ze

Proper noun

Belize m or f

2. Belize (a country in Central America)

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈli.ze/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Belize

2. Belize (a country in Central America)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /běliːze/

Proper noun

Bèlīze m (Cyrillic spelling Бѐлӣзе)

2. Belize (a country in Central America)

Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Belice (atttested since 1677) as the name of the Belize River, probably from Mayan/Mopan Maya beliz (“muddy water”).

Proper noun

Belize n (genitive Belizes)

2. Belize (a country in Central America)

Related terms

• belizisk (“Belizean”, adjective)
• belizier c (“Belizean male”)
• beliziska c (“Belizean female”)

References

• Belize in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Svensk MeSH

Turkish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Belize

2. Belize (a country in Central America)

Declension

Declension of Belize

	singular
nominative	Belize
accusative	Belize'yi
dative	Belize'ye
locative	Belize'de
ablative	Belize'den
genitive	Belize'nin

    Possession of Belize

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Belize'm	Belizelerim / Belize'lerim
senin (your)	Belize'n	Belizelerin / Belize'lerin
onun (his/her/its)	Belize'si	Belizeleri / Belize'leri
bizim (our)	Belize'miz	Belizelerimiz / Belize'lerimiz
sizin (your)	Belize'niz	Belizeleriniz / Belize'leriniz
onların (their)	Belize'si / Belizeleri / Belize'leri	Belizeleri / Belize'leri

See also

• (countries of Central America) Orta Amerika ülkesi; Belize, Kosta Rika, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nikaragua, Panama