Belgium

American  

[bel-juhm] / ˈbɛl dʒəm /

noun

1. a kingdom in W Europe, bordering the North Sea, N of France. 11,779 sq. mi. (30,508 sq. km). Brussels.

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Belgium British  

/ ˈbɛldʒəm /

noun

1. a federal kingdom in NW Europe: at various times under the rulers of Burgundy, Spain, Austria, France, and the Netherlands before becoming an independent kingdom in 1830. It formed the Benelux customs union with the Netherlands and Luxembourg in 1948 and and was a founder member of the Common Market, now the European Union. It consists chiefly of a low-lying region of sand, woods, and heath (the Campine) in the north and west, and a fertile undulating central plain rising to the Ardennes Mountains in the southeast. Languages: French, Flemish (Dutch), German. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: euro. Capital: Brussels. Pop: 10 444 268 (2013 est). Area: 30 513 sq km (11 778 sq miles)

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Belgium Cultural  

1. Monarchy in northwestern Europe, bordered by the North Sea and The Netherlands to the north, Germany and Luxembourg to the east, and France to the south. Its capital and largest city is Brussels.

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Headquarters for the EU and for NATO.

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And Remco Evenepoel, the Olympic champion from Belgium, produced one of the Grand Tours of his life to take second.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

The car is virtually new, only the front suspension, engine and gearbox are the same as at the last race in Belgium a week ago.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

Wise said it has improved its procedures, not just in the U.S., but also in the U.K. and Belgium.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

"We were at the beach and they told us to go back to the campsite to grab our things," said the 50-year-old from Belgium.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

Germany would also lose large chunks of territory to Belgium and other neighboring states, to newly independent Poland, and to other newborn nations created by Allied statesmen as they redrew the map of Europe.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman