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Charleroi

American  
[shar-luh--rwa] / ʃar lə ˈrwa /
Or Charleroy

noun

  1. a city in S Belgium.


Charleroi British  
/ ʃarlərwa /

noun

  1. a town in SW Belgium, in Hainaut province: centre of an industrial region. Pop: 200 608 (2004 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Air traffic was also halted as a precaution at the second-largest airport Charleroi, operators there said.

From Barron's • Nov. 4, 2025

In came a number of players from Belgium, including midfielder Josh Cullen from Anderlecht and winger Anass Zaroury from Charleroi.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2023

Barbara Ann Bosson was born in Charleroi, Pa., on Nov. 1, 1939, and spent her early years in nearby Belle Vernon, south of Pittsburgh.

From Washington Post • Feb. 22, 2023

The meeting took place shortly after a top-tier league game between Charleroi and Mechelen in November was abandoned after Charleroi fans threw flares onto the field.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2023

Then followed a few leisurely marches in the direction of Charleroi, during which a detachment of Boufflers’s army came in, and the cavalry explored the country to the north.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various

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