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belgium

/ˈbɛldʒəm/

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What does belgium mean?

proper noun

  1. 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.
  2. A village in Vermilion County, Illinois.
  3. A township in Polk County, Minnesota.
More meanings (3)

proper noun

  1. An unincorporated community in Taylor County, West Virginia.
  2. A town and village in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin.
  3. The Low Countries.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈbɛldʒəm/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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With few natural resources Belgium must import essential raw materials, making its economy closely dependent on the state of world markets.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1990 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #14
This well has not in front of it that large blue slab which forms the table for all wells in Belgium.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
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He then disguised himself in the dirty smock-frock, or blouse, of a peasant, and drove his precious load in safety into Belgium.
Charles MackayMemoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #636
In less than a single week in October as many as four balloons had fallen in Belgium, and as many more elsewhere.
John M. (John Mackenzie) BaconThe Dominion of the Air: The Story of Aerial NavigationProject Gutenberg ebook #861
M. Dupont found in one of the Belgium caves a piece of iron pyrites, from which, with a flint, sparks could be struck.
Emory Adams AllenThe Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished RacesProject Gutenberg ebook #2873