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Belgium (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 50 50 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 50.8333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 004 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 4.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: The modern kingdom of Belgium lies at the crossroads of northeastern Europe, bounded on the northwest by the North Sea, on the north and northeast by The Netherlands, on the east by Germany, on the southeast by Luxembourg, and on the southwest and west by France. The area has historically been held by Celtic Belgae and Germanic tribes, Romans, Frankish-Merovingians, Carolingians, then various feudal states. Many independent cities evolved there in medieval times. Burgundy ruled it in the 14th century, then the Hapsburgs from 1482. Since 1831 it has been a representative, and constitutional monarchy. Densely populated and heavily urbanized, it has a rich mix of cultures. The official languages are Dutch (or Flemish), mainly spoken in the north, French, mainly spoken in the south, and German. |
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| België (preferred,C,V,Dutch-P,U,N)
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| België (Afrikaans)
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| België (Zeeuws)
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| Koninkrijk Belgïe (C,V,O,Dutch,U,N)
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| België, Koninkrijk (NA,V,Dutch,U)
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| Koninkrijk België (NA,V,Dutch,U)
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| Belgique (C,V,French-P,U,N)
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| Royaume de Belgique (C,V,O,French,U,N)
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| Belgique, Royaume de (NA,V,French,U)
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| Belgien (C,O,Danish)
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| Belgien (Swedish)
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| Belgien (German-P,U,N)
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| Belgien (Low German)
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| Belgien (Bavarian)
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| Königreich Belgien (C,V,German,U)
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| Belgium (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Belgium (Nauruan)
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| Belgium (Ilocano)
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| Belgium (Magyar (Hungarian))
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| Belgium (Anglo-Saxon)
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| Belgium (Malay (macrolanguage))
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| Belgium (Pampanga)
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| Kingdom of Belgium (C,O,English,U,N)
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| Belgium, Kingdom of (NA,O,English,U)
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| Bélgica (C,O,Portuguese)
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| Bélgica (Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Reino de Bélgica (C,O,Spanish,U)
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| Belgio (C,O,Esperanto)
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| Belgio (Italian-P,U,N)
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| Belgio (Piemontese)
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| Бельгия (C,V,Kazakh)
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| Бельгия (Russian-P,U)
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| Королевство Бельгия (C,V,Russian,U)
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| 比利时 (C,V,Chinese-P,U)
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| 比利时王国 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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| ب جَكَا (C,V,Arabic-P,U)
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| مم ىَة ب جَكَا (C,V,Arabic,U)
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| BEL (C,O,ISO3L)
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| BE (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO056 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| Belgian (C,O,English,U,A)
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| South Netherlandish (C,V)
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| בלגיה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| A'Bheilg (C,U,Scots Gaelic)
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| An Bheilg (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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| Belchica (C,U,Aragonese)
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| Belçîka (C,U,Kurdish)
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| Belçika (C,U,Azerbaijani)
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| Belçika (Turkish)
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| Beldjike (C,U,Walloon)
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| Belejiki (C,U,Luba-Katanga)
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| Bêleze, Belezîki (C,U,Sangho)
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| Beleziki (C,U,Lingala)
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| Belgia (C,U,Indonesian)
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| Belgia (Javanese)
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| Belgia (Latin)
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| Belgia (Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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| Belgia (Finnish)
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| Belgia (Polish)
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| Belgia (Romanian)
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| Belgia (Breton)
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| Belgia (Faroese)
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| Belgia (Estonian)
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| Belgia (Greenlandic)
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| Belgia (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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| Belgia (Romansh)
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| Belgia (Norwegian)
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| Belgia (Northern Sami)
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| Belgia (Ido)
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| Belgia (Novial)
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| Belgía (C,U,Icelandic)
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| Bèlgica (C,U,Catalan)
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| Belgicko (C,U,Slovak)
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| Belgie (C,U,Czech)
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| Bel’gii (C,U)
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| Beļģija (C,U,Latvian)
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| Belgija (C,U,Croatian)
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| Belgija (Bosnian)
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| Belgija (Slovene)
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| Belgija (Lithuanian)
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| Belgika (C,U,Basque)
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| Bèlg·ique (C,U,Arpitan)
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| Belgiska (C,U,Upper Sorbian)
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| Belgiu (C,U,Sicilian)
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| Belgium nutome (C,U,Ewe)
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| Belgiyom (C,U,Hausa)
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| Belgje (C,U,Western Frisian)
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| Belgje (Vlaams)
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| Belgjika (C,U,Albanian)
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| Belgjikë (C,U,Albanian)
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| Belgjo (C,U,Friulian)
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| Belġju (C,U,Maltese)
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| Belgujo (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Belhika (C,U,Tagalog)
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| Belhika (Waray (Philippines))
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| Bèljik (C,U,Haitian (Haitian Creole))
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| Beljik (C,U,Fulah)
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| Béljika (C,U,Tetum)
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| Beljium (C,U,Shona)
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| Belsch (C,U,Luxembourgish)
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| Belsj (C,U,Limburgan)
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| Belsum (C,U,Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian))
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| Bélxica (C,U,Asturian)
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| Bélxica (Galician)
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| Bélxica - België (C,U,Galician)
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| Belzika (C,U,Malagasy)
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| Bhelgium (C,U,North Ndebele)
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| Bỉ (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Bilgasuyu (C,U,Quechuan)
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| Bilhika (C,U,Quechuan)
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| Biljam (C,U,Somali)
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| Bɛlgyium (C,U,Akan)
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| Bɛliziki (C,U,Bambara)
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| Bɛ́ljika (C,U,Lingala)
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| Bubirigi (C,U,Ganda (Ugandan language))
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| gugdrbelgi (C,U)
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| Gwlad Belg (C,U,Welsh)
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| i-Belgium (C,U,Zulu)
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| Orílẹ́ède Bégíọ́mù (C,U,Yoruba)
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| Pelesiume (C,U,Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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| Pow Belg (C,U,Cornish)
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| Ubelgiji (C,U,Kikuyu)
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| Ubelgiji (Swahili (generic))
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| Ububiligi (C,U,Rundi)
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| Yn Velg (C,U,Gaelic, indigenous Manx)
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| Бельґія (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| بلجيكا (C,U,Arabic)
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| ቤልጄም (C,U,Tigrinya)
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| ቤልጄም (Amharic)
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| بلژیک (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| বেলজিয়াম (C,U,Bengali)
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| Βέλγιο (C,U,Greek)
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| ବେଲଜିୟମ୍ (C,U,Odia)
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| Белгија (C,U,Serbian)
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| Белгија (Macedonian)
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| বেল্জিয়ম (C,U,Bengali)
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| ቤልጅግ (C,U,Amharic)
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| བེལ་ཇིཡམ (C,U,Dzongkha)
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| بەلژیک (C,U,Central Kurdish)
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| बेल्जियम (C,U,Marathi)
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| बेल्जियम (Sanskrit)
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| बेल्जियम (Hindi)
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| बेल्जियम (Nepali)
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| ベルギー (C,U,Japanese)
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| Белгия (C,U,Tajik)
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| Белгия (Bulgarian)
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| ເບວຢຽມ (C,U,Lao)
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| Բելգիա (C,U,Armenian)
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| པེར་ཅིན (C,U,Tibetan)
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| Бельги (C,U,Chuvash)
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| Бельги (Ossetian/Ossetic)
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| ประเทศเบลเยียม (C,U,Thai)
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| بلجيم (C,U,Pashto)
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| Бельгія (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| Бельгія (Belarusian)
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| เบลเยียม (C,U,Thai)
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| பெல்ஜியம் (C,U,Tamil)
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| បែលហ្ស៉ិក (C,U,Khmer)
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| ბელგია (C,U,Georgian)
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| Бэльгія (C,U,Belarusian)
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| 벨기에 (C,U,Korean)
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| ܒܠܓܝܟܐ (C,U,Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE))
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| بیلجیم (C,U,Urdu)
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| બેલ્જીયમ (C,U,Gujarati)
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| ಬೆಲ್ಜಿಯಮ್ (C,U,Kannada)
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| బెల్జియం (C,U,Telugu)
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| བེལ་ཇི་ཡམ། (C,U,Tibetan)
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| බෙල්ජියම (C,U,Sinhala)
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| ベルギー王国 (C,U,Japanese)
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| ဘယ်လ်ဂျီယမ် (C,U,Burmese)
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| ബെല്ജിയം (C,U,Malayalam)
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| Belgica (H,V,Occitan)
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| Belgica (Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association))
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| Southern Netherlands (H,O,English,U,N)
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Place Types: |
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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split from the Netherlands in 1831 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| constitutional monarchy (C) |
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established 1931 |
| kingdom (C) |
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separate under Leopold I, 1831 |
| independent political entity (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Brussels .......... (inhabited place) |
| .................. |
(World, Europe, Belgium, Bruxelles region) [7007868] |
| historical connection .... |
Austrian Netherlands .......... (historical region) |
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(World, Europe) [8711668] |
| historical connection .... |
Southern Netherlands .......... (historical region) |
| ........................................ |
(World, Europe) [8711669] |
| historical connection .... |
Spanish Netherlands .......... (historical region) |
| ........................................ |
(World, Europe) [8711667] |
| member of .... |
European Community .......... (association) |
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(World, Europe) [7000209] |
| member of .... |
European Union .......... (union) |
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(World, Europe) [7030305] |
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since 1958 |
| member of .... |
Euro Zone .......... (union) |
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(World, Europe) [7033130] |
| member of .... |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029610] |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1945 |
| related to .... |
Flanders .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Europe) [7024097] |
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before 1831 |
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