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Belgae

[ bel-jee ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)
  1. an ancient chiefly Celtic people that lived in northern Gaul.


Belgae

/ ˈbɛldʒiː; ˈbɛlɡaɪ /

noun

  1. an ancient Celtic people who in Roman times inhabited present-day Belgium and N France
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈBelgic, adjective
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Example Sentences

Neither Caesar nor Tacitus gives us any idea of the habits or usages of the people who lived north of the Belgae.

In 103 they marched back through Gaul, which they overran as far as the Seine, where the Belgae made a stout resistance.

It may then be said, quidquid delirant Britanni, plectuntur Belgae.

From them he learned that the Belgae could muster about 300,000 men.

Belgae, quae est tertia pars, the Belgians, who are the third part.

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