Belize

See also: Bélize

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Belize (atttested since 1677) as the name of the Belize River, probably from Mayan beliz (“muddy water”).[1] (An earlier suggestion, that it could be a Spanish pronunciation of the surname of Scottish buccaneer Peter Wallace, is now considered to be a myth.)[1]

Pronunciation
  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /bəˈliːz/, /bɛlˈiːz/, /beɪlˈiːz/
  • Audio (US)(file)

Proper noun

Belize

  1. An English-speaking country in Central America, formerly called British Honduras.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

References
  1. Twigg, Alan (2006) Understanding Belize: A Historical Guide, Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, →ISBN, pages 9–10, 38–45

Asturian

Proper noun

Belize m

  1. Belize

Breton

Proper noun

Belize

  1. Belize

Catalan

Proper noun

Belize m

  1. Belize

Czech

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Belize n

  1. Belize

Danish

Proper noun

Belize

  1. Belize

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌbeːˈliː.zə/
  • audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: Be‧li‧ze
  • Rhymes: -iːzə

Proper noun

Belize n

  1. Belize

Anagrams

Estonian

Proper noun

Belize

  1. Belize

Finnish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbelitse/, [ˈbe̞lit̪s̠e̞]
  • Hyphenation: Be‧li‧ze

Proper noun

Belize

  1. Belize

Declension
Inflection of Belize (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative Belize —
genitive Belizen —
partitive Belizeä —
illative Belizeen —
singular plural
nominative Belize —
accusative nom. Belize —
gen. Belizen
genitive Belizen —
partitive Belizeä —
inessive Belizessä —
elative Belizestä —
illative Belizeen —
adessive Belizellä —
ablative Belizeltä —
allative Belizelle —
essive Belizenä —
translative Belizeksi —
instructive — —
abessive Belizettä —
comitative — —

French

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /be.liz/
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Belize

  1. Belize

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Belize n (genitive Belize')

  1. Belize

Derived terms

Hungarian

Proper noun

Belize

  1. Belize

Interlingua

Proper noun

Belize

  1. Belize

Italian

Proper noun

Belize m

  1. Belize

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Belize

  1. Belize

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Belize

  1. Belize

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɛˈlʲi.zɛ/
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Belize n (undeclinable)

  1. Belize (country)
  2. Belize (city)

Derived terms
  • (#1) Belizeńczyk m, Belizenka f
  • (#2) belizeńczyk m, belizenka f
  • belizeński (adjective)

Further reading
  • Belize in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Proper noun

Belize m or f

  1. Belize (a country in Central America)

Romanian

Proper noun

Belize

  1. Belize

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Bèlīze m (Cyrillic spelling Бѐлӣзе)

  1. Belize

Swedish

Proper noun

Belize n (genitive Belizes)

  1. Belize

Turkish

Proper noun

Belize

  1. Belize
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