Belgian (adj.)

1620s, in reference to the ancient Belgæ (see Belgium). The modern country was formed 1830-31. Belgian Congo formed 1908 by annexation.

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Belgium

c. 1600, "Low Germany and the Netherlands," from the Latin name of the territory occupied by the Belgæ, a Celtic or Celto-Germanic tribe that in Roman times occupied the area below the mouth of the Rhine, including modern Belgium and much of northeastern France. Adopted 1830 as the name of a new nation formed from the southern part of the former United Kingdom of the Netherlands.

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Definitions of Belgian

Belgian (n.)

a native or inhabitant of Belgium;

Belgian (adj.)

of or relating to or characteristic of Belgium or the Belgian people;

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