Belgica

Belgica

1. Belgium (a country in Europe)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeld͡ʒika/

Belgica f

1. Belgium (a country in Europe)

• Belgiu, Belghju

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

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

Belgica f sg (genitive Belgicae); first declension

1. Belgium

First-declension noun, singular only.

• Gallia Belgica

• Belgium

• Gallia

• Gallia Lugdunensis

• 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

Belgica f

1. Belgium (a country in Europe)

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.