Belgica

See also: belgica, bélgica, Bélgica, and Bèlgica

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Belgica

1. Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin Belgica. Cognates include French Belgique and Spanish Bélgica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeld͡ʒika/

Proper noun

Belgica f

1. Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)

Synonyms

• Belgiu, Belghju

Latin

Etymology

From Belgicus/belgicus, short for Gallia Belgica (“Belgic Gaul”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbel.ɡi.ka/, [ˈbɛɫ̪ɡɪkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbel.d͡ʒi.ka/, [ˈbɛl̠ʲd͡ʒikä]

Proper noun

Belgica f sg (genitive Belgicae); first declension

1. Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Belgica
Genitive	Belgicae
Dative	Belgicae
Accusative	Belgicam
Ablative	Belgicā
Vocative	Belgica

Synonyms

• Gallia Belgica

Meronyms

• Belgium

Holonyms

• Gallia

Coordinate terms

• Gallia Lugdunensis

Descendants

• Albanian: Belgjikë
• Arabic: بِلْجِيكَا (biljīkā)
• Aragonese: Belchica
• Asturian: Bélxica
• Azerbaijani: Belçika
• Basque: Belgika
• Catalan: Bèlgica
• Corsican: Belgica
• Crimean Tatar: Belçika
• Franco-Provençal: Bèlg·ique
• French: Belgique
  • → Haitian Creole: Bèljik
  • → Kabyle: Biljik
  • → Khmer: បែលហ្ស៊ិក (baelzɨk)
  • → Lao: ແບນຊິກ (bǣn sik)
  • → Lojban: Belgique
  • → Norman: Belgique
  • → Persian: بلژیک (belžik)
  • → Wolof: Beljik
• Galician: Bélxica
• Interlingua: Belgica
• Ladino: Beljika
• Lingala: Bɛ́ljika
• Malagasy: Belzika
• Portuguese:
  • → Papiamentu: Bélgika
  • → Tetum: Béljika
• Spanish: Bélgica
  • → Cebuano: Belhika
  • → Quechua: Bilhika
  • → Tagalog: Belhika
  • → Waray-Waray: Belhika
• Turkish: Belçika
• Walloon: Beldjike
• Zazaki: Belçıka

Occitan

Proper noun

Belgica f

1. Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Belgica f

1. Obsolete spelling of Bélgica
   • 1914, David Lloyd George, A Guerra Europea, Harrison and Sons, page 2:

     É preciso ter presente que nessa occasião o maior perigo para a Belgica provinha da França e não da Allemanha.

     At that time, bear in mind, the greatest danger to Belgium came from France and not from Germany.