belgium

Bel-gium · proper_noun

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Definitions

proper_noun

  1. 1.

    A country in Western Europe, bordered by the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, France, and the North Sea.

Related words

See also: Europe, belgian, brussels

Etymology

From Latin Belgica, from Belgae, the Celtic tribes that inhabited the region in Roman times. The Romans called the area Gallia Belgica.