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

From Barron's • Nov. 4, 2025

There were no services at Belgium's second biggest airport at Charleroi, and all departures and many of the arrivals were cancelled at Brussels Airport.

From BBC • Oct. 14, 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

But he was in complete ignorance of the state of affairs at Charleroi.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various

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