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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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It adds that flights have since been diverted to nearby airports - including Ostend and Charleroi in Belgium, and Eindhoven and Maastricht in the Netherlands.

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 budget airline said it will cut three aircraft from those based at Charleroi airport in Belgium, two from Dublin and five from Italian airports, including Bergamo, Naples and Pisa.

From Reuters Sep. 28, 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

Next morning they set off early along the line running eastward through Maubeuge to Charleroi.

From A Hero of Li?ge by Strang, Herbert

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