Belgae

[ bel-jee ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

1. an ancient chiefly Celtic people that lived in northern Gaul.

Belgae

/ ˈbɛlɡaɪ; ˈbɛldʒiː /

noun

1. an ancient Celtic people who in Roman times inhabited present-day Belgium and N France

Derived Forms

• ˈBelgic, adjective

Example Sentences

Neither Caesar nor Tacitus gives us any idea of the habits or usages of the people who lived north of the Belgae.

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In 103 they marched back through Gaul, which they overran as far as the Seine, where the Belgae made a stout resistance.

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It may then be said, quidquid delirant Britanni, plectuntur Belgae.

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From them he learned that the Belgae could muster about 300,000 men.

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Belgae, quae est tertia pars, the Belgians, who are the third part.

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