Charleroi

American

[shar-luh--rwa] / ʃar lə ˈrwa /

Or Charleroy

noun

a city in S Belgium.

Charleroi British

/ ʃarlərwa /

noun

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

The mid-July strike resulted in 120 cancelled flights at Brussels South Charleroi Airport, Belgian media have reported.

From Reuters • Jul. 24, 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

But the evacuation of Charleroi was but just accomplished when Coburg, seventy thousand strong, appeared in relief of the city.

From The French Revolution by Belloc, Hilaire

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