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]
Proper noun
Belize
- An English-speaking country in Central America, formerly called British Honduras.
Derived terms
Translations
country
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See also
- (countries of Central America) country of Central America; Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
References
- Twigg, Alan (2006) Understanding Belize: A Historical Guide, Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, →ISBN, pages 9–10, 38–45
Asturian
Breton
Catalan
Danish
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌbeːˈliː.zə/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: Be‧li‧ze
- Rhymes: -iːzə
Estonian
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbelitse/, [ˈbe̞lit̪s̠e̞]
- Hyphenation: Be‧li‧ze
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)
German
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Hungarian
Interlingua
Italian
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛˈlʲi.zɛ/
Audio (file)
Derived terms
- (#1) Belizeńczyk m, Belizenka f
- (#2) belizeńczyk m, belizenka f
- belizeński (adjective)
Portuguese
Romanian
Serbo-Croatian
Swedish
Turkish
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