Belize
See also: Bélize
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Spanish Belice (attested since 1677) as the name of the Belize River, probably ultimately from Mayan/Mopan Maya beliz (“muddy water(s)”).[1]
The old suggestion that it could be from a corrupted Spanish pronunciation of the surname of Scottish buccaneer Peter Wallace (via pronunciation as *Valis, then *Balise), is now generally considered to be folk etymology; the popularity of the legend persists.
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Belize
- An English-speaking country in Central America, formerly called British Honduras.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
country
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See alsoEdit
- (countries of Central America) country of Central America; Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
ReferencesEdit
AsturianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Belize m
- Belize (a country in Central America)
BretonEdit
Proper nounEdit
Belize
- Belize (a country in Central America)
CatalanEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Belize m
- Belize (a country in Central America)
CzechEdit
PronunciationEdit
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Belize n
- Belize (a country in Central America)
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DanishEdit
Proper nounEdit
Belize
- Belize (a country in Central America)
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Belize n
- Belize (a country in Central America)
AnagramsEdit
EstonianEdit
Proper nounEdit
Belize
- Belize (a country in Central America)
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From English Belize, from Spanish Belice.
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /ˈbelitse/, [ˈbe̞lits̠e̞]
- IPA(key): /ˈbelize/, [ˈbe̞lize̞]
- IPA(key): /ˈbelise/, [ˈbe̞lis̠e̞]
- Syllabification(key): Be‧li‧ze
Proper nounEdit
Belize
- Belize (a country in Central America)
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection of Belize (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Belize | — | |
| genitive | Belizen | — | |
| partitive | Belizeä | — | |
| illative | Belizeen | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Belize | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Belize | — |
| gen. | Belizen | ||
| genitive | Belizen | — | |
| partitive | Belizeä | — | |
| inessive | Belizessä | — | |
| elative | Belizestä | — | |
| illative | Belizeen | — | |
| adessive | Belizellä | — | |
| ablative | Belizeltä | — | |
| allative | Belizelle | — | |
| essive | Belizenä | — | |
| translative | Belizeksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Belizettä | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Belize (type nalle) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Belizeni | Belizemme |
| 2nd person | Belizesi | Belizenne |
| 3rd person | Belizensä | |
FrenchEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Belize m
- Alternative form of Bélize (“Belize (a country in Central America)”)
AnagramsEdit
GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Belize n (proper noun, strong, genitive Belize')
- Belize (a country in Central America)
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HungarianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Belize
- Belize (a country in Central America)
DeclensionEdit
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Belize | — |
| accusative | Belize-t | — |
| dative | Belize-nek | — |
| instrumental | Belize-zel | — |
| causal-final | Belize-ért | — |
| translative | Belize-zé | — |
| terminative | Belize-ig | — |
| essive-formal | Belize-ként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Belize-ben | — |
| superessive | Belize-en | — |
| adessive | Belize-nél | — |
| illative | Belize-be | — |
| sublative | Belize-re | — |
| allative | Belize-hez | — |
| elative | Belize-ből | — |
| delative | Belize-ről | — |
| ablative | Belize-től | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
Belize-é | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
Belize-éi | — |
| Possessive forms of Belize | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Belize-em | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Belize-ed | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Belize-e | — |
| 1st person plural | Belize-ünk | — |
| 2nd person plural | Belize-etek | — |
| 3rd person plural | Belize-ük | — |
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Laczkó, Krisztina and Attila Mártonfi. Helyesírás (’Orthography’). Budapest: Osiris Kiadó, 2006. →ISBN
InterlinguaEdit
Proper nounEdit
Belize
- Belize (a country in Central America)
ItalianEdit
Proper nounEdit
Belize m
- Belize (a country in Central America)
Norwegian BokmålEdit
Proper nounEdit
Belize
- Belize (a country in Central America)
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Norwegian NynorskEdit
Proper nounEdit
Belize
- Belize (a country in Central America)
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PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Belize n (undeclinable)
- Belize (a country in Central America)
- Belize City (the largest city in Belize)
Derived termsEdit
adjective
nouns
Further readingEdit
- Belize in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Belize in Polish dictionaries at PWN
PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: Be‧li‧ze
Proper nounEdit
Belize m or f
- Belize (a country in Central America)
RomanianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
Proper nounEdit
Belize
- Belize (a country in Central America)
Serbo-CroatianEdit
EtymologyEdit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Bèlīze m (Cyrillic spelling Бѐлӣзе)
- Belize (a country in Central America)
DeclensionEdit
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Spanish Belice (atttested since 1677) as the name of the Belize River, probably from Mayan/Mopan Maya beliz (“muddy water”).
Proper nounEdit
Belize n (genitive Belizes)
- Belize (a country in Central America)
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TurkishEdit
Proper nounEdit
Belize
- Belize (a country in Central America)