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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)

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Officials at Brussels's second-largest airport, Charleroi, said air traffic was briefly halted there as a precaution too.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025

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

From Barron's • Nov. 4, 2025

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

It was not the first time the Herr Doktor had seen soldiers in this guise; so had many of the victorious German troops appeared after the hard-fought battle of Charleroi.

From The Red Cross Barge by Lowndes, Marie Belloc

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