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The English name (unless archaic) should take precedence over all other names. If there is no English name (which is most cases) use the official local name first. If there is a name for this place in the other national language (i.e. Dutch or French), include that also in the lead immediately following the local name. Include other languages ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... This is a list of names of Belgian places in other languages. Flanders. Flemish Region: Dutch West Flemish ...
For naming articles relating to Brussels, please take into account that: . Brussels is an officially bilingual city with French and Dutch sharing an equal place; Although originally Dutch-speaking, Brussels is now majority French-speaking; making the language issue a sensitive matter (see Frenchification of Brussels for further details).
Dutch is the most spoken primary language of Belgium and the official language of the Flemish Community and the Flemish Region (merged to Flanders). Along with French, it is an official language of the Brussels-Capital Region. The main Dutch dialects spoken in Belgium are Brabantian, West Flemish, East Flemish, and Limburgish.
Many place-name adjectives and many demonyms are also used for various other things, sometimes with and sometimes without one or more additional words. (Sometimes, the use of one or more additional words is optional.) Notable examples are cuisines, cheeses, cat breeds, dog breeds, and horse breeds. (See List of words derived from toponyms.)
Since Belgium has three national languages — Dutch, French and German — Belgian names are similar to those in the neighbouring countries: the Netherlands, France and Germany. Place names (regions, towns, villages, hamlets) with a particle meaning "from" (de in French, del in Walloon, or van in Dutch) are the most numerous. An uncapitalised ...
Foreign names that are the same as their English equivalents are also listed. See also: List of alternative country names. Please format entries as follows: for languages written in the Latin alphabet, write "Name (language)", for example, "Afeganistão (Portuguese
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