Belgium

[ bel-juhm ]

noun

1. a kingdom in W Europe, bordering the North Sea, N of France. 11,779 sq. mi. (30,508 sq. km). : Brussels.

Belgium

/ ˈbɛldʒəm /

noun

1. a federal kingdom in NW Europe: at various times under the rulers of Burgundy, Spain, Austria, France, and the Netherlands before becoming an independent kingdom in 1830. It formed the Benelux customs union with the Netherlands and Luxembourg in 1948 and and was a founder member of the Common Market, now the European Union. It consists chiefly of a low-lying region of sand, woods, and heath (the Campine) in the north and west, and a fertile undulating central plain rising to the Ardennes Mountains in the southeast. Languages: French, Flemish (Dutch), German. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: euro. Capital: Brussels. Pop: 10 444 268 (2013 est). Area: 30 513 sq km (11 778 sq miles)

Belgium

1. Monarchy in northwestern Europe , bordered by the North Sea and The Netherlands to the north, Germany and Luxembourg to the east, and France to the south. Its capital and largest city is Brussels .

Notes

Headquarters for the EU and for NATO .

Example Sentences

At the age of 35 he was shot by a firing squad in January 1961, with the tacit backing of Belgium.

From BBC

Two were absolutely on merit - Lewis Hamilton’s victories in Britain and Belgium.

From BBC

With the co-production between Latvia, France and Belgium, Zilbalodis went from being a jack-of-all-trades to forming his own production company — thereby mirroring the loner cat’s sudden need to work in a team environment.

From Los Angeles Times

But a tough opening to his tenure, which included two heavy defeats by Belgium and four-goal loss in Russia, quelled optimism.

From BBC

It topped the charts in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Canada.

From BBC