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Belgium|ˈbɛldʒ(ɪ)əm|
a. Latin name of the territory occupied by the Belgæ, stretching from the Marne and Seine to the Rhine;
b. subsequently used loosely as an appellation for Low Germany or the Netherlands;
c. in 1830 adopted as title of the new kingdom established by the separation of the provinces watered by the Meuse and Scheldt from the kingdom of the Netherlands. Belgia = prec. b. Belgian |ˈbɛldʒɪən|, a., of or pertaining to Belgium; as n. † (a) one of the ancient Belgæ of southern England; † (b) a Low German; (c) a native of modern Belgium; (d) a kind of canary. † ˈBelgies n. pl. = Belgian n. (b).
1602Warner Alb. Eng. x. lxi. 267 By Embassies Spayne often mou'd to doe the *Belgies right.
1623Cockeram ii, Netherland, *Belgian.
Ibid. iii, *Belgeans, People of the low Countries, Somerset-shire, Wiltshire and Hampshire. 1629Heylin, Microcosm...Germany is divided into the higher and the lower; the latter is called Belgium.
1631Chapman Cæsar & P. Plays (1873) III. 128 Britaine, *Belgia, France & Germanie.
1709Lond. Gaz. No. 4584/4 A neat and large Map of Modern *Belgium, or Lower Germany.
1835Marryat Olla Podr. vi, *Belgian flags, of yellow, red, and black.
1865Derby Merc. 25 Jan., The crested *Belgians..had five entries. |