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This is a list of names of Belgian places in other languages. Flanders. Flemish Region: Dutch West Flemish Limburgish German French Picard Walloon; Aalst: Oalst: Aalst:
Map of the Belgian Congo, 1914. This is a list of place names of towns and cities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo which were subsequently changed after the end of Belgian colonial rule. Place names of the colonial era tended to have two versions, one in French and one in Dutch, reflecting the two main languages of Belgium. Many of these ...
Many cities in Europe have different names in different languages. Some cities have also undergone name changes for political or other reasons. Below are listed the known different names for cities that are geographically or historically and culturally in Europe, as well as some smaller towns that are important because of their location or history.
This is a list of US places named after non-US places. In the case of this list, place means any named location that's smaller than a county or equivalent: cities, towns, villages, hamlets, neighborhoods, municipalities, boroughs, townships, civil parishes, localities, census-designated places, and some districts. Also included are country ...
English name Belgian place German name Notes Name Language Aix-sur-Cloie Esch auf der Heck Anlier Ansler Arlon: Arel Athus: Athem Aubange: Ibingen Autelbas Nieder Elter Autelhaut Ober Elter Baelen: Balen Baraque Michel: Michelshütte Bastogne: Bastnach Archaic Bébange Bebingen Beho Bocholz Bettincourt: Bettenhoven Bilstain Bilstein Bodange ...
It served as the home and workplace of Belgian painter René Guiette. It is the only remaining building designed by Le Corbusier in Belgium. It is also known as Les Peupliers, named after the street where the building is situated. [21] The Great Spa Towns of Europe* Spa, Liège: 2021 1613; ii, iii (cultural)
Although Belgian gastronomy is connected to French cuisine, some recipes were reputedly invented there, such as French fries (despite the name, although their exact place of origin is uncertain), Flemish Carbonade (a beef stew with beer, mustard and bay laurel), speculaas (or speculoos in French, a sort of cinnamon and ginger-flavoured ...
Places in Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Port Blair (after Archibald Blair, Esq, Captain in the Maritime Establishment of the East India Company at Bombay) Ritchie's Archipelago (after John Ritchie, 18th-century British marine surveyor) Napier Bay Island Group (likely after Field Marshal Robert Cornelis Napier, C-in-C India (1870 – 1876))