English > Belgique: 1 sense > noun 1, location| Meaning | A monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. |
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| Synonyms | Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium |
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| Instance of | European country, European nation | Any one of the countries occupying the European continent |
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| Member of | Benelux | A customs union comprising Belgium and Netherlands and Luxembourg |
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| European Union, EU, European Community, EC, European Economic Community, EEC, Common Market, Europe | An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation / cooperation among its members |
| North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO | An international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security |
| Members | Belgian | A native or inhabitant of Belgium |
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| Fleming | A native of Flanders or a Flemish-speaking Belgian |
| Walloon | A member of the French-speaking people living in Belgium |
| Part of | Europe | The 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia) |
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| Parts | Antwerpen, Antwerp, Anvers | A busy port and financial center in northern Belgium on the Scheldt river |
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| Bruges, City of Bridges | A city in northwestern Belgium that is connected by canal to the North Sea |
| Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgian capital, capital of Belgium | The capital and largest city of Belgium |
| Charleroi | city in southwestern Belgium |
| Gent, Gand, Ghent | port city in northwestern Belgium and industrial center |
| Liege, Luik | city in eastern Belgium |
| Meuse, Meuse River | A European river |
| Namur | A city in south central Belgium situated on a promontory between the Meuse River and the Sambre River |
| Sambre, Sambre River | A river in western Europe that rises in northern France and flows generally east into Belgium where it joins the Meuse at Namur |
| Scheldt, Scheldt River | A river that rises in France and flows northeast across Belgium and empties into the North Sea |
| Waterloo | A town in central Belgium where in 1815 Napoleon met his final defeat |
| Region of | Bouvines | In 1214 the French under Philip Augustus defeated a coalition formed against him in one of the greatest battles of the middle ages |
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| Fontenoy, Battle of Fontenoy | A battle in 1745 in which the French army under Marshal Saxe defeated the English army and their allies under the duke of Cumberland |
| Waterloo, Battle of Waterloo | The battle on 18 June 1815 in which Prussian and British forces under Blucher and the Duke of Wellington routed the French forces under Napoleon |
| Ypres, battle of Ypres, first battle of Ypres | battle in World War I (1914) |
| Ypres, battle of Ypres, second battle of Ypres | battle in World War I (1915) |
| Ypres, battle of Ypres, third battle of Ypres | battle in World War I (1917) |
| commune | The smallest administrative district of several European countries |
| Spanish | bélgica, Bélgica, Belgique |
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| Catalan | Bèlgica |
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