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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Bel•gium (bel′jəm),USA pronunciation n. a kingdom in W Europe, bordering the North Sea, N of France. 10,203,683; 11,779 sq. mi. (30,508 sq. km). Cap.: Brussels. French, Bel•gique (bel zhēk′);
USA pronunciation Flemish, Bel•gi•ë (bel′khē ə).USA pronunciation
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Belgium /ˈbɛldʒəm/ n - a federal kingdom in NW Europe: at various times under the rulers of Burgundy, Spain, Austria, France, and the Netherlands before becoming an independent kingdom in 1830. It formed the Benelux customs union with the Netherlands and Luxembourg in 1948 and and was a founder member of the Common Market, now the European Union. It consists chiefly of a low-lying region of sand, woods, and heath (the Campine) in the north and west, and a fertile undulating central plain rising to the Ardennes Mountains in the southeast. Languages: French, Flemish (Dutch), German. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: euro. Capital: Brussels. Pop: 10 339 000 (2004 est). Area: 30 513 sq km (11 778 sq miles)
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