Belgic

American  

[bel-jik] / ˈbɛl dʒɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to the Belgae.

2. Belgian.

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Etymology

Origin of Belgic

1580–90; < Latin belgicus. See Belgae, -ic

Example Sentences

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Belgic

Let me note for future use that these places, Soissons and Senlis, were in Belgic Gaul, that part of the continent which was directly opposite to the south-eastern parts of Britain.

From The Christian Church in These Islands before the Coming of Augustine Three Lectures Delivered at St. Paul's in January 1894 by G. F. (George Forrest) Browne

He comes whom, nor the Belgic band, The bravest Nervii might withstand With pleasure-spurning souls Nor they might give his star eclipse, The sea-swept Celts with high-tower'd ships, Where westmost ocean rolls.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 by Various

The height of the waves is measured from the trough to the crest, and is of course conjecture, but in a continuous storm which we realized on board the Belgic was certainly some thirty feet.

From Due West or Round the World in Ten Months by Maturin Murray Ballou

Eleanor returns to the carriage, but, as they drive to the huge mound with the Belgic Lion on the summit, she is conscious that Herbert Dallison is following.

From When the Birds Begin to Sing by Harold Piffard

The Nervii, Bellovaci, Suessiones, Remi, Morini, Menapii and Aduatuci were Belgic tribes; the Tarbelli and others were Aquitani; while the Allobroges inhabited the north of the Provincia, having been conquered in 121 B.C.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various